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Eco-Living, Food System
Increasing Food Accessibility & Empowering Youth: Community Changemaker Teens Grow Greens
Aug 28th, 2020 | By Mary Hacker
How one organization is using urban agriculture to build young teens into strong leaders.
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Food System
How to Regenerate Your Salad from Food Scraps
Aug 12th, 2020 | By Hannah Tiller
Turn your food waste into future eats by regrowing romaine lettuce or other foods.
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Food System, Eco-Living
A Toolkit for Strengthening Your Local Food System
Jun 29th, 2020 | By Sustainable America
When we think about food, we most often think in terms of eating. What will I have for lunch? Which recipe should I try? When should we eat tonight? Should we order takeout?
Download Sustainable America’s toolkit for ideas and resources to build a better local food system in your community.
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Food System
ReFED’s COVID-19 Solutions Fund is Helping Organizations Rescue More than 50 Million Pounds of Food
Jun 23rd, 2020 | By Alex Lahr
More than 25 organizations are scaling up food recovery efforts thanks to ReFED’s grants.
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Food System
Mapping How Food Gets From Farms To Homes
Jun 14th, 2020 | By Megan Konar
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have made a visual map of the U.S. food supply chain.
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Food System
For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
Feb 18th, 2020 | By Breanna Draxler
The resilience of food production in the face of a changing climate will depend on both traditional ecological knowledge and Western science.
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Food System
New Toolkit: A Food Waste Challenge for Groups
Sep 10th, 2019 | By Sustainable America
Are you part of a group or organization looking to make a lasting impact on environmental issues? Food waste prevention is one of the most important projects you can tackle. To help groups take action on this important issue, we have just launched a new companion toolkit for the I Value Food: Too Good to Waste Challenge. It’s designed for workplace, school, religious or community groups, or it can be done by a group of neighbors or as a city-wide challenge.
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Food System
What the Amazon Rainforest Fires Say About Our Food Choices
Aug 28th, 2019 | By Amy Leibrock
The fires happening in the Amazon rainforest are sending a burning message: In the age of globalization and climate change, it’s critical to know where our food is coming from.
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Food System
How to Be a Backyard Carbon Farmer
Mar 8th, 2019 | By Acadia Tucker
Many experts believe regenerative agriculture, also known as carbon farming, could play an important role in fighting climate change. Even a backyard carbon-rich garden can make a difference. Get tips on starting your own soil-building garden from regenerative farmer Acadia Tucker.
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Food System
Farm-to-School: 4 Things I Learned Buying Local Food for a School District
Oct 25th, 2018 | By Brandi Janssen
Sourcing local food for school lunches is, presumably, a win-win: students get fresh, local food and area farmers have new, consistent marketing options. "If only it were that simple!" writes local food system advocate Brandi Janssen. Here she shares some of the lessons learned when she helped start a farm to school program in an Iowa school district. Despite a slow start, that program has grown tenfold in seven years.
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