Category: Food Insecurity
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Eat More Baseball Cap – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Phillip Lim and Panda Express partnered on a capsule collection of merch that benefits six organizations (Heart of Dinner, More Than a Meal (via Feed Forward), OCA-Greater Houston, Radical Family Farms, Respect Your Elders (Mama’s Drive-by Kitchen) and Welcome to Chinatown) that fight food insecurity within the AAPI community. From the three-piece collection, the “Eat More” baseball cap has been […]
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Brooklyn Tote – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] West Brooklyn Waterfront Mutual Aid and Gowanus Mutual Aid partnered with GrowNYC to create a community-supported agriculture program that provides fresh produce to those in Brooklyn who need it. This tote, featuring a logo of the borough designed by Brooklyn-based artist Jessie Smith, supports the initiative, with each purchase funding one week of food […]
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The Vast Potential of The Prickly Pear Cactus – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Like bread fruit, the resilient, versatile and sustainable prickly pear cactus (also known as nopal) has potential to become a more widely used crop for many current and future needs. The drought-resistant plant grows mostly in Central America, but also as far north as Connecticut and as far south as Argentina and can live […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] An AI art exhibition, a structure that predates Stonehenge, raising awareness about unpaid labor in prisons and more Climate-Resistant Breadfruit Could Help Fight Food Insecurity Many of our most consumed crops (like corn and wheat) will continue to be negatively effected by the climate crisis, leading to food insecurity for many, but scientists believe […]
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Climate-Resistant Breadfruit Could Help Fight Food Insecurity – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Many of our most consumed crops (like corn and wheat) will continue to be negatively effected by the climate crisis, leading to food insecurity for many, but scientists believe that the humble breadfruit could be part of the solution. High in fiber and rich with various minerals and vitamins, breadfruit (which is native to […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] Bacteria-based batteries, a new armored dinosaur, India’s forest bridges and more from around the web A Battery Powered by Bacteria and Sweat Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have engineered a bacteria-based battery that can produce power from human sweat. The key to their innovation is bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, a bacteria that can […]
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Food Forward Redirects 250 Million Pounds of Food from Landfills to Those in Need – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Founded in 2009, LA-based non-profit Food Forward is celebrating a milestone achievement: redirecting 250 million pounds of food (about one billion servings) from landfills to communities facing food insecurity. This could not have happened without the organization’s nimble navigation of Southern California’s food distribution system. After saving fresh produce from predominately wholesale recovery programs, […]
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Public Libraries are Offering Free Seeds to Foster Community and Sustainability – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] From Georgia and California to Maine, Arizona and Colorado, public libraries across the US have begun offering seeds for patrons to take home and plant. The initiative is multifold: it builds community, fights food insecurity, champions biodiversity and promotes a connection to nature. “The library has become so much more than just a place […]