Rural Americans don’t live as long as those in cities − new research
The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural ...
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Federal Subsistence Board officially designates Ketchikan as rural, opening residents up to new harvest opportunities
For years, the Ketchikan Indian Community has argued that Ketchikan’s nonrural designation prevented tribal citizens from ...
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USDA Doubles Down on Global Hunger Relief—Key Programs Boost Education and U.S. Farming
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is continuing its ...
US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn
A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy ...
Paul Wright sees another world of agriculture
Most countries have their tourist locations – beaches, resorts, monuments and natural vistas. But when Paul Wright visited Croatia this past month, he took in schools, an embassy, farmland, ...
SLO County landowner wants to rezone farm site to build new housing — but the city is opposed
The county Board of Supervisors pushed the project application forward on Tuesday, but it will still go through a long review ...