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Networks and Collaboration
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Tools for Partnering with Indigenous Food Systems Wednesday March 11th, 2:15-3:45 Building allyship begins with recognizing indigenous history and contributions to the landscape and food system. Indigenous peoples have developed sophisticated food systems and place-based economies over generations of knowledge sharing and direct relationship with the land. The current Indigenous food sovereignty movement taking place […]
Food Hub Operations
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Food Hub Supply Chain Risks Wednesday March 11th, 2:15-3:45 This interactive session aims to build capacity for food system practitioners, such as food hub managers and staff, through new knowledge sharing, individual and group activities in the area of supply chain risk management. The session includes presentations that are new in their type to systematically […]
New Health Tech Could Revolutionize Cardiac Arrest Recovery
February 11, 2020|post
Louisiana-based health tech startup NeuroRescue is developing an innovative device to preserve brain function following cardiac arrest. From a pool of 139 applicants, NeuroRescue is one of 19 startups selected to participate in the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA)-funded Accelerate South start up accelerator. In the Acadiana region of Louisiana, the regional economy has been […]
How Arkansas Became the Nation’s Edamame Capital
January 23, 2020|post
A Winrock Legacy Story Herby Ault, who farms near Dardanelle, Arkansas, had never heard of edamame when Kelly Cartwright first approached him about growing it. But Cartwright, an agricultural scientist and entrepreneur, had done the math and knew it would work. “We had the numbers and we also had the market,” says Cartwright, who leads the Natural […]
Helping Vietnam Track its PFES Impacts
December 20, 2019|post
Since 2012, the USAID Vietnam Forests and Deltas program (VFD) has been helping the Government of Vietnam develop and operationalize a national Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) program that has already directed over USD $500 million to forest owners as financial compensation for maintaining forest cover. For example, Vietnam’s hydroelectric power plants now reward […]
AI Pilot to Address Transboundary Water Challenges in Southern Africa
November 21, 2019|post
Worldwide, more than 263 watersheds and 300 aquifers are known as transboundary, meaning they cross the political boundaries of two or more countries. The people who rely on these water sources are intrinsically linked locally across borders and regionally with intensive urban and industrial water uses, thus creating a system of hydrological, economic and social […]
Carbon PFES Study Tour Lessons Learned
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Carbon pricing mechanisms offer a way for countries to meet their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and economic development goals, while protecting the environment and public health. They stimulate GHG emitters to reconsider their business models, adopt new technologies with a lower emissions profile, and/or identify ways to lower the impact of their emissions through […]
SADC Groundwater Conference: Collaboration is Key to Southern African Sustainability Goals
November 1, 2019|post
Experts from Southern Africa and beyond gathered recently in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the annual SADC Groudwater Conference, hosted by the Groundwater Management Institute of the Southern African Development Community. The conference focused on assessing progress toward achieving the goals set forth in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The U.N. agenda set ambitious […]
From Ancient Lands, a Modern Solution
October 31, 2019|post
By Lara Murray The Eel River slices through Northern California, slinking its way up the San Andreas fault. Its rocky shores are flanked by forests ranging from the magnificent redwoods of Humboldt County to the rugged oak woodlands of Mendocino County. These landscapes not only characterize California’s world-famous natural beauty but have also historically fueled […]
Lake Village, Arkansas: Small Town, Big Dreams
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SYNOPSIS: Provided business and community development assistance such as helping to attract business to downtown, analyzing workforce, labor and population trends, and hosting trainings for city leaders. YEARS ACTIVE: 2006-2018 FUNDER: Various “We’re a small community, but we have big ideas,” says JoAnne Bush, a native of Lake Village, Arkansas (population 2,500), and its mayor […]