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How One Woman’s Food Redistribution App is Feeding Thousands

Komal Ahmad is solving what she calls the “most unnecessary problem of our time.”

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New Technology Could Take a Bite Out of Food Waste

Screen to table: Online matchmaking isn’t just for lovers—it brings would-be wasted food and hungry people together.

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The Color of Food: How Gardens and Farms Can Help Us Heal From a History of Racism

When we work together, share meals together, and laugh together, we’re repairing relationships to the soil as a community.

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Searching for Food You Can Believe in? New Eat Well Guide App Has You Covered

Latest update to Eat Well Guide has mobile-friendly listings for more than 25,000 restaurants, markets, and farms with a focus on sustainability.

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Youth Development Through Food

What if there was a place where young people could learn cooking skills, along with the softer skills of showing up on time and working in teams? There is. It’s called The Portland Kitchen. And their success is reproducible.

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How to Launch a Placemaking Campaign in 5 Steps

Want to create a local placemaking campaign in your town? Here are five tips to help make it happen.

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Democratic Money and Capital for the Commons

How to assure the independence of commons when the dominant systems of finance, banking, and money are so hostile to commoning.

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A New Way to Share: Platform Cooperatives

Multi-stakeholder cooperatives that combine producers and consumers are starting to emerge as a means to move toward sustainability.

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California Seed Sharing Bill Signed into Law

“A resilient food system starts with a resilient seed system.”

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6 Ways We’re Already Leading an Economic Revolution

From the “buy local” movement to public banking, we’re well on our way to a more democratic, cooperative, and people-centered economy.