In today’s edition of Squirrel news, farmers benefit from open source seeds, agricultural workers get a specialized mental health hotline and Saudi Arabia opens first premier football leagIn today’s edition of Squirrel News, farmers benefit from open source seeds, agricultural workers get a specialised mental health hotline and Saudi Arabia opens first premier football league for women.
Open source seeds give small farmers opportunity to avoid agricultural patents
Farmers have been forced to buy expensive, patented seeds from large corporations. Now, the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) has introduced seeds that are not restricted, allowing for more biodiversity in the industry.
A new mental health hotline aims to assist isolated farmers and ranchers
While mental health hotlines are not new, the specific needs of rural workers were often left unmet. Now a new mental health hotline, operating in five US states aims to help farmers and ranchers dealing with isolation.
In South Wales, fishing can now be prescribed to combat mental health issues
People suffering from mental health issues, loneliness, or feelings of isolation may now be able to recover with a new initiative that prescribes fishing as a treatment.
Saudi Arabia opens the country’s first female football league
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has increased the size of the nation’s female football infrastructure by implementing a new, premier football league.
A nonprofit in Nigeria is giving scholarships to prevent illiteracy
The nonprofit Abdulkabir Aliu Foundation provides scholarships for more than 300 students in Nigeria to pursue tertiary education and help reduce the number of illiterate adults in the country.
