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An excerpt from 'Grassroots Rising,' a forthcoming book that looks to prove that a worldwide grassroots movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance can offer realistic climate solutions.
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Cherokee Nation Sends Traditional Seeds to Doomsday Crop Vault in Norway
The tribe is the first North American Indigenous group to do so.
A Century After Prohibition, Barley Makes Inroads in the Midwest
In Ohio, there are nearly 300 breweries in operation, increasingly thirsty for locally produced ingredients.
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Dr. Zhengxia Dou thinks so.
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