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  • Indigenous-led farm, Tea Creek, leads the way in food sovereignty

    May 09, 2023 |

    Keremeos Review |

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    Response Location: Tsimshian Nation, Canada

    Tea Creek is a holistic approach to food sovereignty and economic development that provides community, trades training and land preservation, with an emphasis on reaching indigenous people. Tea Creek also provides a Food Sovereignty Training Program that includes courses in horticulture, carpentry, first aid, and more that graduated 108 people in 2021.

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  • From scarcity to abundance: The secret of the 'peace farmers' of Colombia

    April 17, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Meta

    La Cosmopolitana Foundation in Colombia offers courses that teach people to live in harmony with each other and nature. The classes focus on sustainability and helping rural communities to work together to create circular economies. Small fees make the classes largely accessible.

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  • Southern India's farming nuns promote eco-centric spirituality, organic farming

    April 13, 2023 |

    Global Sisters Report |

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    Response Location: India, Moodabidri

    A Catholic covenant in India, Helpers of Mount Rosary, promotes organic farming to locals and visitors from across the country on 40 acres of farming and training fields.

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  • Amid changing climate, Bangladesh farming groups conserve indigenous rice seeds

    April 03, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    The Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge runs a rice breeding initiative to preserve and encourage the planting of indigenous seeds. The program trains farmers how to problem solve, cultivate, and save the different seed varieties.

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  • Low-carbon farming helps India's rural poor battle climate uncertainty

    February 27, 2023 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: India, Jharkhand

    The Indian government’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change’s new climate adaptation program is designed to enhance climate resilience and rural farmers are adapting new agricultural practices to better resist the effects of climate change. So far, nearly 1,500 farmers across 48 villages have begun implementing these new sustainable farming practices and have seen not only an environmental benefit but financial gain as well.

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  • A Solution For Soil, Human Health

    February 24, 2023 |

    The Rising Nepal |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Charange Phedi

    With technical and financial support from various organizations, farmers in Nepal are transitioning to organic manure and natural insecticides to grow healthier crops and improve soil health.

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  • Help Wanted: Young urban farmers for $1,800 per month, no experience necessary

    February 09, 2023 |

    Gothamist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Green City Force run by the New York City Housing Authority turns open urban spaces into gardens tended by young adults in the program. The force is meant to prepare members for careers in sustainable industries afterward. The members also educate locals, trade vegetables grown in the gardens for compost, and train in ecoliteracy.

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  • Seeds of change: Nepal's local crops raise hopes for food security

    January 22, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to protect and promote Nepal’s local, or traditional, crops, the Raithane Koseli Ghar initiative gathers and sells the hard-to-find seeds. The initiative also provides support and education to farmers looking to grow them.

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  • Farmer-to-Farmer awareness Campaign Reduces Burden of RVF in Rwamagana

    January 18, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Rwamagana

    The Livestock Farmers Field School trains prominent farmers in how to prevent, spot, and treat Rift Valley Fever in their cattle. Trainees then lead information sessions in their communities, raising local awareness of the disease and helping small farmers address symptoms before the disease progresses.

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  • Farming with a future: how social enterprise Nuup helps Mexico's smallholders to thrive

    January 18, 2023 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    Nuup helps smallholder farmers in Mexico succeed through all steps of the value chain by helping them access funding, connecting them to agricultural markets, and optimizing their performance with technology and education.

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