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A forest garden project attempts to expand into the Sahel

Victoria Schneider

July 28, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Senegal

The creation of forest gardens—the modern term for an ancient agroforestry model that mixes shrubs, herbs, vines, fruit and nut trees, and perennial vegetables—are helping supply communities in sub-Saharan Africa with food, medicine, and animal feed. The U.S.-based NGO TREES claims to have created 38,000 active forest gardens in five countries, each comprising about 4,000 trees. This has restored 99,743 acres of degraded land, having reached 56,273 farmers and their families across 174 community projects.

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Even in uncertain times, local farmers are focused on making produce affordable

Hannah Loss

July 16, 2025 |

GBH |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Around Boston, local farms and community markets are using creative financing and marketing tactics to reach and incentivize lower-income communities to benefit from access to fresh, local Massachusefts foods.

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Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

Benjamin Goldfarb

July 06, 2025 |

National Geographic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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Garantizar el agua no es sencillo, pero las ASADAs muestran que es posible

Mónica Quesada Cordero

July 04, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

Las ASADAs (Asociaciones Administradoras de los Sistemas de Acueductos y Alcantarillados Sanitarios) son organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro que administran sistemas de agua potable para sus comunidades, sirviendo al 33% de la población costarricense a través del compromiso voluntario y la gestión local del recurso hídrico.

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Beneath the blazing sun, Black Phoenix sows community

Adam Mahoney

July 01, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

In Phoenix's historically Black neighborhoods, community organizations have transformed vacant, heat-trapping lots into thriving urban farms. One initiative, Spaces of Opportunity, converted a 19-acre abandoned site into a community farm with 250 garden plots available. Spaces of Opportunity serves over 1,000 residents each month, and other community farming initiatives also help in providing food and jobs for participants, many of whom are formerly incarcerated or unhoused.

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Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

Lucia Torres

June 23, 2025 |

Mongabay |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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Huertos de autonomía: mujeres que siembran futuro

Gabriela Montenegro

June 12, 2025 |

Bálsamo TV |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: El Salvador

Las escuelas agrícolas agroecológicas implementadas por ACUA y tres asociaciones de mujeres (AMC, AMP, AMH) constituyen un programa integral que combina formación técnica en agricultura orgánica con empoderamiento femenino y desarrollo de autonomía económica, utilizando una metodología "campesino a campesino." Más de 685 mujeres rurales en cuatro distritos de El Salvador ahora puedan generar ingresos propios, alimentar a sus familias de manera saludable y fortalecer su liderazgo comunitario mientras cultivan en tierras propias o alquiladas sin uso de químicos.

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This city is exploring an unconventional solution to water scarcity: sewage

David Condos, Ryan Kellman

June 09, 2025 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, St. George, Utah

St. George, Utah, is building wastewater recycling plants to convert sewage into usable irrigation and drinking water, a solution already proven effective in communities like Las Vegas in conserving water resources and supporting sustainable urban growth.

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Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food

Stephanie Hanes

June 08, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Vermont's community-led movement to build a thriving local agriculture economy, through nonprofit infrastructure investments, diversified farming practices, and bipartisan collaboration, has revitalized small farms, boosted food resilience, and offered a viable economic alternative to industrialized agriculture.

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"We Are the People of the River"

Morgan Sjogren

May 23, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe, United States, Arizona

By strategically restoring native riparian plants, removing invasive species, and implementing efficient water management practices, the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe has successfully revitalized ecosystem health and cultural traditions along the Colorado River.

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