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  • How regenerative agriculture is building soil and community in Big Sandy, Montana

    October 14, 2021 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Big Sandy, Montana

    Quinn Organic Research Center sits at the hub of innovations slowly transforming farming culture away from industrial agriculture toward organic and regenerative strategies. Countering the decades-old "get big or get out" thinking about farming in Montana, the Quinn operation conducts small-scale experiments to develop new markets based on tactics that decrease soil erosion, improve biodiversity, and capture carbon. These climate-change-ready operations have seen many setbacks. But they've also been embraced by more locals and helped Big Sandy enjoy a subtle but real rejuvenation.

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  • Jharkhand's solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential

    October 04, 2021 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Jharkhand

    In India, small farmers face limited access to irrigation. However, a state-run program, which gives them access to solar powered pumps, is alleviating their problems. Not only is it better for their crops, increasing their income, but it's also better for the environment. The solar-powered pumps provide a clean energy option, rather than relying on diesel-powered pumps.

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  • Upper Valley farmers use variety of strategies to limit contributions to climate change

    October 02, 2021 |

    Valley News |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartland, Wisconsin

    Agriculture accounts for 10 percent of greenhouse emissions in the U.S. according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This article details efforts by small farmers to reduce carbon emissions as part of a larger fight against climate change. Some of their methods include things like switching to solar power, not tilling the soil, using horses rather than tractors, and recharging the soil with organic matter. For some of them- it's yielding results.

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  • Costa Rica's answer to range anxiety

    September 28, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Monteverde

    Even though Costa Rica is leading the fight against climate change, the country lags behind in one area: electric vehicles. In one town, Monteverde, activists, and business owners got together to create a charging network, they called it Ruta Eléctrica. The goal is to stave off recharge anxiety, or the fear that an electric car won't make it to its destination without re-charging. To address the issue organizers got businesses to offer free-charging stations, have clear signage and maintain plug points.

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  • Is the Future of Big Dairy Regenerative?

    September 08, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several big food corporations like Danone and General Mills are working with local dairy producers to launch soil health programs that would help reduce their carbon footprint. For example, Danone is supporting 34 dairy farms to transition their operations to more regenerative practices. While it remains unclear if their efforts will reduce carbon emissions from dairy farms, early results show they are reducing soil erosion, improving water retention, and using less synthetic fertilizers.

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  • The Nation's First Regenerative Dairy Works with Nature to Heal the Soil—at Scale

    September 07, 2021 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Crescent City, California

    The Alexandre Family Farm in California made the switch to regenerative agriculture as a way to improve their soil health and improve the quality of their dairy operations. They are part of a growing number of individual dairies across the country that are embracing organic farming and are becoming “certified regenerative” as a way to build relationships with consumers and retailers on their own.

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  • Be your own boss: Inside six co-op businesses returning power to their workers

    September 01, 2021 |

    Mother Jones |

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    The cooperative business model has boomed in the aftermath of the pandemic. Worker cooperatives allow employees to run and own a business, giving them more control as well as a share of profits. Co-ops not only have a higher success rate, they also pay their workers higher, on average. Worker-owned co-ops have increased by 36 percent since 2013.

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  • France's 'Peevolution' Is Irrigating Farms With Liquid Gold

    August 31, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: France, Bordeaux

    Getting rid of urine is very wasteful, in the European Union alone almost 6,000 billion liters of water are used to flush urine. TOOPI Organics is using urine as a resource. Founded in 2019, the biotech company collects urine and using a fermentation process transforms it so it can be used as a fertilizer. Its urine fertilizer helped plants grow 60 to 110 percent more than a traditional mineral fertilizer. Its factory in the city of Bordeaux is able to produce 2,500 liters of organic fertilizer per day.

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  • Fridge detectives

    August 31, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    In the first half of this episode, the producers discuss "Tradewaters," an organization that disposes of canisters inside refrigerators. These canisters hold potent greenhouse gases. One 30-pound canister can leak up to 131 tons of Co2, or a year's worth of driving for 54 cars. The organization disposes of thousands of canisters across Central America, Chile, South Africa, and India. The practice of disposing of these canisters saves between one to two percent of global Co2 emissions, according to estimates.

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  • How Clayoquot Sound's War in the Woods transformed a region

    August 28, 2021 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Tofino, a popular tourist destination in Clayoquot Sound, a region on the west coast of Vancouver Island, attracts about 600,000 annual visitors. The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and other Nuu-chah-nulth nations have created an eco-based tourism market. They are trying to restore the area after it was decimated by decades of logging in the area. The five central Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations took over tree-farm licenses and created Guardian programs, as well as restoration and monitoring projects. Tofino's tourism generated $250 million in profits, setting up a model that could be used by other First Nations.

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