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Water is Life. Water is Food. Leave No One Behind.

Food Tank

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This year’s theme is: Water is Life, Water is Food. Focusing on water is more urgent than ever amid the climate crisis, and it’s critical to understand the links between food systems and water use. percent of the planet’s total water is fresh and available to drink.

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The Long Reach of the Walmart-Walton Empire

Civil Eats

Their lesser-known power lies in a network of dozens of corporations, most positioned as investment and seed-capital funds focusing on everything from STEM education to seed growth, aquaculture, and farming techniques. Some are, in their own right, vast enterprises.

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Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism

Civil Eats

Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts. They have made engagement on “restorative aquaculture” one of their philanthropic planks, funding numerous ventures on both sides of the notebook.