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  • Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stands Feed Communities Against Tough Odds

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    March 01, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Farm stands operating on sliding-scale and pay-what-you-can models are improving access to fresh, healthy food in communities battling poverty and food insecurity. In these models, residents who can afford to pay full price are subsidizing some of the costs for residents who cannot. The rest of the funding comes from a patchwork of support.

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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    October 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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  • How an Interfaith Model Helped Local Coalition End Columbus Day

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    June 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Indigenous and Italian American activists in Rochester, N.Y. built on an interfaith model to campaign for a resolution replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. The committee focused on centering Indigenous perspectives, involving Italian Americans in the process, and encouraging community dialogue through mediated conversation circles.

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  • The Seneca Nation Is Building Food Sovereignty, One Bison at a Time

    Gabriel Pietrorazio

    January 14, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Collins, New York

    Gakwi:yo:h Farms aims to increase the Seneca Nation’s food security and sovereignty by engaging in traditional agricultural practices. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the farm has been able to continue its work to establish a bison herd, tap more trees for maple syrup, and increase its various livestock operations. They still face challenges due to a lack of a food-processing plant, but they’ve been able to expand their land to keep food close to their community.

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