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In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

“As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock, and people.”

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Will Northwest Seaweed Farming Finally Take Off?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 13, 2022October 19, 2022

In this piece from late 2020, Stefan Milne explores the incredible potential of kelp as “a tool to fight ocean acidification, feed the world, and restore Native food sovereignty.” One study estimated a “marine garden” the size of Washington state could provide enough protein to feed earth’s population, all while cleaning pollutants. He dove into […]

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The Ancient Potato of the Future

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“The Four Corners potato has sustained Indigenous people in the American Southwest for 11,000 years; USDA is now studying its 8-year shelf life, and its resistance to disease, heat, and drought. The future of this remarkable little potato remains unwritten.”

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‘They Become Our Family’: US Farming Couple Rescues Afghans

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 24, 2021October 19, 2022

“Clarin has helped get five of her former employees and their families into the U.S. since 2017, while her wife has helped them rebuild their lives in America.”

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How Your Cup of Coffee Is Clearing the Jungle

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 13, 2021October 19, 2022

“However it happened, anywhere between 20,000 and 130,000 people — estimates range wildly — are farming illegally within Bukit Barisan Selatan.”

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There Has Been Blood

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 10, 2021October 19, 2022

“For more than five decades, the Thai palm oil industry has been marred by rampant exploitation, violence, and corporate greed. Thailand is the world’s No. 3 producer of palm oil.”

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The Farmer Trying to Save Italy’s Ancient Olive Trees

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 14, 2021October 19, 2022

“A fast-spreading bacteria could cause an olive-oil apocalypse.”

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The Silent Farm for Developmental Disabilities

by Carolyn Wells April 1, 2021October 14, 2022

“David believes that the men who come to the farm are able to connect deeply with the animals and the natural world, in part because of the way that society has dismissed them.”

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Why Mother Maybelle Carter’s Work Was Never Done

by Krista Stevens March 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“In a few years’ time, however, she became a different kind of working woman: a musician by trade and one of the hardest working women in country music.”

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

In Georgia, Citrus is Just Peachy

by Krista Stevens January 21, 2021October 19, 2022

“’You’re going to see Georgia citrus become the next Vidalia onion,’ Franklin says. ‘Soon they’ll be in every grocery store around.’”

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