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  • The Farm that Grows Climate Solutions

    Eric Toensmeier

    March 09, 2016 |

    Ensia |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Las Cañadas, Veracruz

    A small agricultural co-op in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico, has effectively implemented its own approach to climate change. The community adapts the main sector of its economy and livelihood-- farming-- to sustainable practices. "Las Cañadas" has increased the food security and health of the local community while simultaneously decreasing deforestation, soil degradation and carbon emissions.

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  • Meet India's female 'seed guardians' pioneering organic farming

    Bijal Vachharajani

    February 18, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Odisha

    Over the last two years, six seedbanks have been established in five villages in Odisha, India, with 72 men and women conserving 50 varieties of fibre and food crops seeds. This is a much needed shot in the arm for these districts which are plagued with hunger, poverty and insecurity.

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  • Brazil's School Lunch Program Is Putting Food on the Table for the Country's Small Farmers

    Rhitu Chatterjee

    February 10, 2016 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão, São Paulo

    In Brazil, middlemen buy produce from small farmers at negligible prices to sell to the public school system for higher profits. A law requiring cities to buy 30 percent of their school meal budget from family farmers has helped the farmers and improved the quality of meals.

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  • Brazil's school lunch program is putting food on the table for the country's small farmers

    Rhitu Chatterjee

    February 10, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão

    Brazil's small farmers can now directly supply the country's school meals programs. It's been a big boost for local farmers, and it's helping the schools too.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers: From Paris to New York

    Kirsi Jansa

    February 01, 2016 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    While many countries are committed to working towards goal set forth by the Paris Climate Agreement, not many individual states in the United States have taken noticeable action. New York is an outlier in this scenario, however. Grassroots efforts include creating an Eco Village and geothermal installations, while the government has acted as a leader and partner in helping to earmark finance for these innovative solutions.

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  • Human trafficking: 6 solutions that are working

    Michael Holtz

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Promising and innovative solutions to modern-day slavery range from labeling U.S. food products to forming joint police-NGO task forces. Each addresses a different aspect of slavery in the modern world, a pernicious problem that receives relatively little media attention.

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  • New Study Finds Recycled Phosphorus Could Fertilize 100 Percent of U.S. Corn

    Andrew Urevig

    January 15, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Looking at what recycled phosphorus could do for corn in the United States, the country’s number one crop, a study found that we’d need just 37 percent of available recyclable domestic phosphorus to fertilize all of the corn in the country.

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  • Family fighting Huntington's Disease with sheep

    Cassy Arsenault

    January 14, 2016 |

    WXMI-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hopkins, Michigan

    A certain breed of sheep may carry a specific trait that could possibly treat Huntington’s disease. Early trials have shown that mice treated with the chemical compound found in sheep can reactivate motor function.

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  • Tomato pickers persuade big food companies to sign on to human-rights movement

    Lois K. Solomon

    December 31, 2015 |

    Sun Sentinel |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    Tomato pickers have spent more than 20 years on a campaign for dignity and fair pay. The workers have succeeded, against incredible odds, in getting some of the biggest corporations in the country to recognize their plight.

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  • African Farmers Are Building Sustainable Beehive Fences to Protect Their Crops From Wild Elephants

    Rafi Schwartz

    December 09, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania

    A team of entrepreneurial zoologists have devised a way to help farmers in rural Africa protect their property from the persistent threat of wild elephants trampling their crops. Christened the Beehive Fence, it’s a remarkably simple solution to this elephantine problem.

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