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title: "25 Uplifting News"
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date: 2023-07-10
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description: "1. Veg box firm Riverford to be 100% staff-owned as founder sells stake for £10m. - Source 2. Sightings of critically endangered regent honeyeater in NSW give conservationists hope. -..."
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# 25 Uplifting News

1. Veg box firm Riverford to be 100% staff-owned as founder sells stake for £10m. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/19/veg-box-riverford-staff-owned-founder-sells-stake-guy-singh-watson)

2. Sightings of critically endangered regent honeyeater in NSW give conservationists hope. - [Source](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-01/conservationists-sight-critically-endangered-regent-honeyeaters/102529996)

3. Amazon deforestation is down by a third in 2023, says the Brazilian government. - [Source](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66129200)

4. Meet the kipunji: A rare primate success story in Tanzania. - [Source](https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/meet-the-kipunji-a-rare-primate-success-story-in-tanzania/)

5. The 'rockstar' of a stray journeyed nearly 3,000 km to get to his new home, with help from police pilots. - [Source](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-30/stray-dog-elvis-journey-halls-creek-to-perth-wa-police/102535092)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pregnant.jpg)

6. Arizona Governor Ok's over-the-counter birth control. - [Source](https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-governor-greenlights-over-counter-023816190.html)

7. Texas bans homeowners’ associations from discriminating against renters who receive federal housing aid. - [Source](https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/07/texas-hoas-housing-section-8/)

8. The U.S. is destroying the last of its once-vast chemical weapons arsenal. - [Source](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/us/chemical-weapons-stockpile.html)

9. World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in [Japan](https://www.kickassfacts.com/japan-facts/). - [Source](https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230609/p2a/00m/0sc/026000c)

10. No Longer Endangered: The Bald Eagle is an Icon of the ESA. - [Source](https://dwr.virginia.gov/blog/no-longer-endangered-the-bald-eagle-is-an-icon-of-the-esa/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nftf&utm_content=nftf_all_esa_bald_eagles)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/single-use-plastic.jpg)

11. New Zealand becomes the first country to ban single-use produce bags at grocery stores. - [Source](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/03/1185758479/new-zealand-single-use-plastic-produce-bag-ban-grocery-stores)

12. A team of female Indigenous rangers is working to keep a threatened species, Golden Bandicoots, alive by helping with its translocation from the Kimberley to the Northern Territory. - [Source](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-04/wa-golden-bandicoot-indigenous-women-ranger-team-help-survival/102540886)

13. Few days late but still great, Michigan Legislature approves ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ minors. - [Source](https://apnews.com/article/conversion-therapy-michigan-ban-lgbtq-82b64523d4ba0dfc6f63149d33866b0b)

14. Schitt's Creek star Dan Levy was given one of Canada's highest honors. - [Source](https://www.blogto.com/film/2023/06/schitts-creek-star-dan-levy-canadas-highest-honours/)

15. Jay-Z previously revealed he ‘cried’ from happiness when his mother came out to him. - [Source](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/jay-z-mom-lesbian-wife-b2370586.html)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Parkinson.jpg)

16. Smart watches could detect Parkinson’s up to seven years before hallmark symptoms appear | UK DRI: UK Dementia Research Institute. - [Source](https://ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-events/smart-watches-could-detect-parkinsons-up-to-seven-years-before-hallmark-symptoms-appear)

17. Kenya is launching Africa's biggest school meals program. - [Source](https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65986621.amp)

18. How a Nova Scotia woman got a new pancreas, a new kidney, and was cured of diabetes. - [Source](https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2242080835655)

19. Midwives to get a 15% rise as part of pay equity negotiations. - [Source](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/493308/midwives-to-get-15-percent-rise-as-part-of-pay-equity-negotiations)

20. Incredible response after Sydney boy has $3,000 bike stolen. - [Source](https://au.news.yahoo.com/incredible-response-after-sydney-boy-has-3000-bike-stolen-035222920.html?utm_source=Content&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Reddit&utm_term=Reddit&ncid=other_redditau_p0v0x1ptm8i)

![](https://www.kickassfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/giraffe.jpg)

21. Driven by decades of conflict, native giraffes make a return to Angola. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/07/native-giraffes-return-to-angola-after-an-absence-of-decades-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)

22. ‘Safe and effective’: first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in 12 African countries. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/06/safe-and-effective-first-malaria-vaccine-to-be-rolled-out-in-12-african-countries)

23. India, a growing space power, is forging closer ties with [NASA](https://www.kickassfacts.com/nasa-facts/). - [Source](https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/india-a-growing-space-power-is-forging-closer-ties-with-nasa/)

24. Michigan's second donor milk bank opens at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital. - [Source](https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigans-second-donor-milk-bank-100614090.html)

25. ‘Revolutionary’ solar power cell innovations break key energy threshold | Solar power. - [Source](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/revolutionary-solar-power-cell-innovations-break-key-energy-threshold)