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This week on GNNW: BREAKING NEWS! Making love wards off dementia; Garlic cures bacterial infections; Marijuana is safer than cigarettes and alcohol.

No child should have to suffer, so nothing is more awesome than learning about an adorable kiddo who has beat the odds. That’s exactly what a 3-year-old Nashville, Tennessee, girl did when she came off the organ transplant wait list without having to undergo transplant surgery – a feat which doctors say is extremely rare.
Little Zoey Jones has been through more in her 3 years than most people go through in a lifetime. She has been through 13 surgeries, 3 open-heart surgeries, 7 cardiac arrests, 5 strokes, and the child has spent 23 months at the hospital. [1]

In January, another piece of research drew attention to the fact that plastics pollute every corner of the earth. Everywhere on the planet, cigarette butts, old CDs, supermarket bags, and nylons litter the landscape. [1]
Photograph: Erik de Castro/Reuters

This week on GNNW: France says it's a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.

This week on GNNW: France says it's a sin to waste food; Italian dairy raises €6M in cheese-backed bonds; and despite the fear-mongering, crime continues to drop.

When bananas start getting black spots all over them, they either become banana bread or trash, but the uses don’t stop there! Scientists have actually found that they might be useful in both detecting and treating skin cancer.
Those black spots contain tyrosinase, an enzyme also present in human skin, and in even higher amounts in people with melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer.

A bill aimed at legalizing full-strength medical marijuana for terminally ill patients in Florida is gaining traction once again after having stalled out for several months.

The Zika virus has been spreading like perfect threataganda; Central banks around the new world go negative; UK scientists have been given the green light to "start" editing human genes.

The Zika virus has been spreading like perfect threataganda; Central banks around the new world go negative; UK scientists have been given the green light to "start" editing human genes.

Tackling homelessness, joblessness, and food insecurity all at once can seem like a daunting task, but Verde Farms in Miami, Florida is managing to do all three. The community farm has one saying: “For people, not for profit,” and they stay true to that credo.
All money spent at the Verde Community Farmers Market and restaurant go toward hiring and training at-risk community members to work on the farm and in the market, and to build infrastructure to support the program. Special consideration is given to Carrfour Supportive Housing’s Verde Gardens community.