Tag: Rural America
Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America
Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University
Visit just about any downtown on a weekend and you will likely happen upon...
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore’s...
Thurka Sangaramoorthy, American University
Every summer, people flock to Maryland to eat blue crabs. Named for their brilliant sapphire-colored...
Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis
William Nash, Middlebury
Barbara Kingsolver’s literary honors range from the National Book Prize of South Africa to the PEN/Faulkner...
These four challenges will shape the next farm bill – and...
Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
For the 20th time since 1933, Congress is writing a multiyear farm bill that...
3 things that influence college graduates from rural areas to return...
Stephanie Sowl, Iowa State University
When high-achieving students from rural areas go off to college and graduate, they often...
Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for...
Lisa Schulte Moore, Iowa State University
Agriculture has not been a central part of U.S. climate policy in the...
How 18 million Americans could move into rural areas – without...
Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University and Jesse Longhurst, Southern Oregon University
About 46 million Americans – 14% of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the...
Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Vanderbilt University and Aditya Reddy Kurre, University of Pennsylvania
A two-toed sloth at the...
