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Food accounts for 13% of cities’ carbon emissions every year. But a small league of C40 Good Food Cities, from New York to Quezon City, is hoping to change that. C40 is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post C40: Mayors Making Good Food Cities appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

In a small dry corner of England, Aquagrain is creating a super-absorbent biodegradable hydrogel that could help crops grow in degraded lands. Aquagrain is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post Aquagrain: New Life for Poor Soil appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

Transfarmation is an organization helping former factory farmers move from debt-laden, environmentally damaging practices toward a sustainable future. Transfarmation is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post Transfarmation: From factory farm to sustainable enterprise appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

Could an all-natural steam seed treatment replace mainstream agricultural chemical treatments? ThermoSeed, a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize, thinks so. The post ThermoSeed – A Swedish Seed Solution appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

Vermont’s Rich Earth Institute is looking to an unusual alternative to industrial fertilizer: human urine. They are a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post Rich Earth Institute: In Search of Liquid Gold appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

In Bangladesh, Pumpkin Plus transforms rural lives through the innovative technology of growing crops on sandbars. They are a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post Pumpkin Plus: Making the Sandbars Bloom appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.

In Tanzania, NovFeed is transforming the country’s compost into a source of cheap and nutritious feed for farmed fish. NovFeed is a finalist for the 2024 Food Planet Prize. The post NovFeed: Turning Fruit into Fish appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.