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Jun 19, 2024 | 
foodrevolution.org | Mélissa Godin
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May 27, 2024 | 
roadsandkingdoms.com | Mélissa Godin
Could an all-natural steam seed treatment replace mainstream agricultural chemical treatments? ThermoSeed, a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize, thinks so. UPPSALA, Sweden –When Bjørn Stabbetorp, CEO of the Agricultural Division of the Norwegian agriculture co-op Felleskjøpet, began approaching farmers in southern Norway in the late 2000s to convince them to use an all-natural steam seed treatment coming from their Swedish neighbors, he was met with mixed responses.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
time.com | Mélissa Godin
March 12, 2024 7:00 AM EDTOn an early morning in northern Sweden, Nila Jannok, a local Sámi reindeer herder, was out walking through one of the country’s last remaining old-growth forests when he stumbled upon something alarming. Towering above him stood a thousand year old tree that had been wrapped in a yellow plastic tag that read “Sveaskog”—the name of the state-owned forestry company. “This one will be cut down,” he said, fiddling with the plastic tag.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mélissa Godin
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
aol.com | Mélissa Godin
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
eltiempo.com | Mélissa Godin
Una olla de savia de abedul hervía a fuego lento en la estufa de Eva Gunnare. Era una mañana de primavera en Jokkmokk, un pequeño pueblo sueco en el Círculo Ártico, y afuera la nieve se estaba derritiendo. Sobre la mesa había un plato de galletas hechas con mirtilos secos, una fruta endémica que Gunnare había recolectado. “La mayoría de los suecos comen arándanos azules importados del extranjero”, dijo, mientras vertía una poca de savia en un vaso pequeño.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
noemamag.com | Mélissa Godin
Credits Mélissa Godin is a Paris-based journalist covering climate, cultural identity and human rights. Emmy and Loïc Leruste had a happy life in Tokyo, Japan. The French couple, who moved to the city in 2013, had a vibrant community, good-paying jobs and a four and seven-year-old daughter with whom they explored the city. But something felt off. “I felt so disconnected from nature and people,” Loïc, 38, said.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
nytimes.com | Mélissa Godin |David B. Torch
Travel|Searching in Sweden for Berries, Herbs and Understandinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/travel/sweden-foraging-eva-gunnare.htmlSign up for the Travel Dispatch newsletter. Essential news on the changing travel landscape, expert tips and inspiration for your future trips. A pot of birch sap simmered on Eva Gunnare’s stove. It was an early morning in May in Jokkmokk, a small Swedish town in the Arctic Circle, and outside the snow was melting.
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Aug 1, 2023 | 
atmos.earth | Mélissa Godin
A box filled with seagrass seedlings is bouncing around at the back of the boat. It’s a warm day in June and marine biologist, Manu San Felix, is preparing for a dive a few kilometers off the coast of Formentera, Spain. “This is where we plant the seeds,” said San Felix, as he put on his scuba gear. “You should jump in, have a look around.”Beneath the surface, a green seagrass meadow—believed by some scientists to be the oldest living organism on the planet—is swaying across the seafloor.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
farms.com | Mélissa Godin
By Melissa GodinWhen Mike Rosmann, an Iowa farmer and psychologist, heard his phone ring on a spring morning in 2019, he knew he had to answer. In the previous four months, his state had experienced the wettest period in its recorded history; farmers in the region were in crisis. A week earlier, one of Rosmann’s patients had lost his entire stock of corn when floodwaters breached a storage barrier, threatening to bankrupt him. Rosmann knew the man was in a dark place.
