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Men Behind the Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic Win World Food Prize

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Heiko Junge/AP Two men who were instrumental in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, above, are set to be honored as 2024 World Food Prize laureates.

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Food Co-op Leaders Say the Cure for Gentrification Is Solidarity

NonProfit Quarterly

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

India’s fragrant spices, cornucopia of foods, and breathtaking biodiversity compelled despots and discoverers alike to traverse its mystical landscapes, from the mighty Himalayas to the valiant Deccan. And in doing so, they have relentlessly decolonized what land and food have meant for my people.

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What Nigeria Can Teach the US About Food Insecurity

NonProfit Quarterly

In Nigeria, as in the US, people are looking for ways to fight food insecurity and maintain agricultural production amidst climate change and the changing rainfall patterns—including increased flooding—that it is triggering. Akaka’s family cultivates common food crops like yam and maize.

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Setting a Co-op Table for Food Justice in Louisville

NonProfit Quarterly

And, as in so many other cities, Louisville’s predominantly Black neighborhoods are subject to food apartheid. Downtown grocery stores have recently disappeared, exacerbating food apartheid: between 2016 and 2018, five grocery stores in Louisville’s urban core closed. Some of these projects were top-down in conception and execution.

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Seattle Developer Gives $25 Million and an Extensive Art Collection to Jesuit University

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Plus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association received $21 million from a longtime donor, and a food bank in Washington, D.C., By Maria Di Mento Yosef Kalinko/Seattle University Richard Hedreen has given $25 million and an extensive art collection to Seattle University. landed $10 million.

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Newsletter: A Cause for Shell-ebration ; Kansas Humane Society Launches ‘OnlyPaws’ Campaign ; How to Do Cause Marketing with Chambers, Associations

Selfish Giving

How to do cause marketing with chambers and associations. Brain Food 1. Be sure to support turtle rescues in your area. And if you ever encounter a turtle in the middle of the road, here's what you should do to help! ✍️ Partnership Notes 1. Hyundai Motor America's recognition of Memorial Day goes beyond the typical dealer sales event.