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Actor Wendell Pierce Opens Grocery Stores in Urban Food Deserts

As a boy, Wendell Pierce dreamed of leaving his hometown one day for the world stage. Today, the veteran actor with global credits has...
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Walmart’s Big Plan To Feed The Food Deserts Of The U.S.

Teaming up with Michelle Obama, the discount giant is moving into neighborhoods where there are no grocery stores. Altruism or savvy business move? A...

This City Created the Largest Free Food Forest in the Country, Where Anyone Can Pick Fruits and Veggies

There's a seven-acre farm in Atlanta where residents can walk into a forest, take a deep breath, and begin pulling crops right off the...

Teens Transform Liquor Store into a Needed Food Market, Choosing The Best Way To Serve Chicago

From darkness comes light. From despair comes hope. From passion comes change. In the wake of turbulent racial protests in America’s Midwest, a group...

Rather Than Importing Their Food, Coastal Cities Can Build Their Own Floating Farms—Like This One

This 3-story floating farm is the first of its kind in Rotterdam—and the creators hope that it will inspire other cities to build their own.

Student Proves We Can Grow Millions of Pounds of Food By Planting it on Top of Trash

This young lady may have just found the solution to food insecurity – and while it may not sound very appetizing, it's pretty ingenious.

Crops Grown on Barge Lets Folks in NYC Pick Free Food From Docks

If people can’t get to a neighborhood garden, this group promises to bring the garden to them. A project called Swale has built an “edible forrest”...

New Indoor Farm in Downtown Compton Grows 4.5 Million Pounds of Affordable Greens in One Year

Capable of growing 4.5 million pounds of leafy green vegetables per year, a new indoor vertical farm is getting its ribbon cut in the...

New Illinois Law Allows Women to Get Birth Control Pills from a Pharmacist Without a Doctor Involved

A new law passed on the first of January provides easier access to birth control in Illinois, with women able to quickly complete screenings...

This New Mixed-Income Housing Complex Comes with its Own Farm Near San Francisco

Have you ever wanted to live on a farm, but without having to do all the hard work or needing to drive an hour...

From Pizza to Fresh Vegetables: When You’re in The Bronx, You’re Going to Get Fed By This Generous Community

During the pandemic, people in Riverdale in The Bronx have set up The Pizza Brigade and a Friendly Fridge on the street to feed those in need.

14 of the Largest US Hospitals and Health Systems Are Investing $700 Million into Affordable Housing

The Healthcare Alliance Network hopes that by investing in communities, they will help close the economic gap that leads to the nation's health problems.

Grafting Fruit Tree Branches On City Trees to Grow Free Apples

The sterile, ornamental fruit trees of San Francisco will be returned to their “roots”, thanks to a group of urban agriculture activists known as...
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The Gangsta Gardener of South Central L.A.

A Los Angeles-based fashion designer is starting an urban garden revolution in his neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles. Instead of vacant lots --...
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Man Raises Money to Offer Busloads of Veggies to a Neighborhood Without Produce

For folks living in West Chicago, it is hard to find fresh fruits and vegetables for sale, which is why one man took it...

‘Turning Back the Tide of Extinction’ Australian Mammals Are Coming Back: Bandicoots, Bilbies, Potoroos

For all those roo-ting for Australian wildlife, there are reasons to jump for joy as several endangered marsupials begin the road to recovery in...

Incredible Discovery Beneath the Southern Amazon Reveals Urban-Agrarian Society Never Seen Before

Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. If one searches “Casarabe Culture” in a search engine,...

These Solar Panels Also Pull in Water Vapor to Grow Crops in the Desert

Using a unique hydrogel, scientists in Saudi Arabia have successfully drawn water out of the dry air for growing spinach—while producing electricity from the...

Bandicoots Return to Australian National Park After Being Locally Extinct For More Than a Century

Locally extinct bandicoots have returned to an Australian national park in New South Wales after more than 100 years. The nationally threatened species—known by local...

Unemployed Single Women Are Saving Fish and Making Money by Farming Sea Sponges

Women from the Jambiani region of Zanzibar are simultaneously supporting their families and local ecosystems by taking up a new trade: sea sponge farming.