An overnight fire in 2011 destroyed a big part of Willow Lake’s downtown—but even if the fire burned down businesses, it also sparked a drive to survive and a phenomenal flurry of community action.
Sounds like there’s some uncertainty based on a change in federal policy intended to improve broadband access to rural places.
Rural economic leaders gathered in Oxford, Miss., last week to discuss rural entrepreneurship. Here are some of the top tweets that came out of that conference.
The fact that hay can spontaneously combust when stored wet is something that was once common knowledge but is not any longer as people move away from agriculture.
Some exciting thinking about the future of rural places is going on in Nebraska.
I have been making this argument for a while now: One amazing aspect of living in a place where the horizon is visible is that we are treated to awe-inspiring visions of sky theater.
High crop prices are inducing farmers to look at all the land under their management—even the corners that they never thought worthwhile before—for another spot to plant corn or soybeans. Crop insurance subsidies take the risk out of planting in poor ground.
The executive editor of Successful Farming paints a picture of thoughtless land use practices in the Loess Hills of western Iowa that should make all those who farm on marginal lands take notice.
The spin is out there: Try these three tactics to keep yourself from drowning in the mire of political attack ads.
While the problem of finding work in rural places gets a lot of publicity, one problem that may follow if you are able to find work doesn’t get as much notice: Daycare is not always easy to find in rural places. A group of parents in Veblen is addressing that problem.