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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Kim Larsen
The New Diseases on Our Doorstep
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August 26, 2009: We're in the midst of a national debate about health-care reform. What better time to design a system strong enough to cope with the new wave of diseases that will accompany climate change and globalization? First up: dengue fever.
What Were You Expecting?
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August 28, 2008: What to expect when you're expecting takes on a whole new meaning: Kim Larsen reviews Poisoned Profits and The Body Toxic.
Kenya Dispatch
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January 24, 2008: Kim Larsen shares first-hand reports from her sources in Kenya on the civil unrest that's scarred the country following elections late last year.
Scaling the Heights
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December 1, 2007: Climate change holds the potential to profoundly affect epidemiologic patterns, and vector biologist Andrew Githeko says malaria is particularly sensitive to this upheaval.
Feeding Time in the Lab
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December 1, 2007: Cultivating mosquitoes for malaria research.
Bad Blood
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December 1, 2007: Africa is once more plagued by malaria, and an international debate rages over the remedy. Some dream of a vaccine, others urge a return to DDT. In Kenya, scientists have found creative answers hiding in plain sight.
Kim Larsen
Kim Larsen is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer. Her last feature for OnEarth was "Killing Machine", our Winter 2008 cover story on Malaria in Africa. Her work has appeared in Discover, the Village Voice, and other publications.