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Nancy Averett

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Journalist covering climate change and agriculture for @Fernnews Contributor to @sciam @undark @discovermag and more. Current addictions: Wordle, Olive & Mable
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Small Farms Can Be Measured Through Their Resilience

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By Nancy Averett Verified
| Civil Eats Verified
Andrew Flachs was performing field work in South India, interviewing cotton farmers to determine how they chose their seeds by asking about yields and costs. An anthropology Ph.D. student at the time, he dutifully checked off their answers.
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BUFFALO FOR SCHOOL LUNCH

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By Nancy Averett Verified
| VPM Verified
Lisa Iron Cloud grew up poor. The Oglala Lakota woman's family moved frequently, sometimes living on the Pine Ridge reservation, other times in nearby Rapid City, South Dakota. Family meals came from the federal Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations or the cheapest thing her parents could buy in the grocery store: hot dogs, chips, soda. "I grew up eating a lot of processed foods, because that's what my family could afford," she said.
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DeShawn Williams is poised to become Urbana’s next mayor

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By Kaitlyn Devitt, Nancy Averett Verified
| Illinois Public Media News
URBANA — DeShawn Williams is poised to become the next mayor of Urbana. Williams ran against Annie Adams for the Democratic ticket in the Urbana primary election Tuesday. With no Republican candidate running for the position, the primary effectively brings the mayor’s race to a close. Based on unofficial results from the Champaign County Clerk’s office, Williams received 65.8% of the vote (2,509 votes), with all 23 precincts counted.
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