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

Food Tank

In India, farmers are rethinking small ditches called dobas to help use water more efficiently, and in California, some farmers are able to irrigate crops with treated wastewater. And plenty of inspiring efforts to conserve water are crossing national borders, too. Repairing our water resources will take a lot of work.

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Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism

Civil Eats

They have made engagement on “restorative aquaculture” one of their philanthropic planks, funding numerous ventures on both sides of the notebook. They’ve been a crucial part of the conversation about the future of the river and the water it provides to the 38,900 farms that generate about $47 billion a year in economic impact.