Farm
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Society
Society USASilicon Valley is on a 500-Million-Dollar Mission to Preserve Local Farmland
Santa Clara County, where the famous Silicon Valley – home to tech giants such as Apple, Facebook and Google – is located, is planning to preserve 12,000 acres of farmland to secure its future in agriculture and help local farmers.
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Environment
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Society
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Society
Society USARooftop Farms in Big Apple Grow Vegetables with Rainwater, Reduce City Heat
Finding local, organic vegetables in a city full of high-rise buildings is becoming easier and easier: farms set up on the rooftops in the Big Apple - the nickname for New York City - are providing sustainable produce in the United States’ most populous area.
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Environment
Environment The PhilippinesSuper Typhoons Make Farmer in the Philippines Grow Bamboo for Toothbrushes
After growing up watching his father barely make a living through slash-and-burn agriculture in the Philippines province of Sultan Kudarat, Mark Sultan Gersava became a bamboo “chief executive farmer” to help other farmers earn more – while straying away from plastic pollution.
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Society
Society KenyaToo Little Rain? No Need to Worry for Farmers with Digital Insurance Scheme
Farmers in central Kenya are tackling farming issues caused by a warming climate by joining a new credit scheme that provides farmers with credit vouchers and security for their loans, paying them down if the farmers’ harvests are damaged due to extreme weather.
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Society
Society EgyptFarmers in Egypt Laugh and Learn, as Comedians Tour the Countryside
A group of comedians in Egypt are hopping from one town to another to deliver a fun performance designed not only to make people laugh, but to also teach farmers about climate change in a country significantly threatened by its negative effects.
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Technology
Technology United KingdomHigh-Tech Farm Lab Checks Which Plants and Animals Are More Sustainable
A research project in North Wyke, London is using advanced technology to tackle climate issues, live-monitoring nutrients and gas emissions in farms to develop more sustainable ways to farm and raise animals.
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Technology
TechnologyLow-Income Farmers Can Dry Their Crop High-Tech to Save It from Rotting
Klein Ileleji, an agricultural scientist at Purdue University, in the U.S. state of Indiana, has invented a portable food dehydration system that uses solar energy to dry food quickly and hygienically, helping farmers keep their crops free from contamination.
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