rural America
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This Fixer wrote the book on addressing poverty, wastewater, and climate change in rural America
A conversation with Catherine Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret.
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We need more markets — and veggie eaters
Rural residents tend to eat fewer fruits and veggies than their urban counterparts, despite living right next to the fields where produce is grown.
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I’m coming out — as a farmer
Steph Larsen down on the farm. Or not?Last spring, our sheep had six lambs. Now five of them have taken a one-way trip to the meat locker, bound for not only our freezer but those of five other families, too. The chickens are laying eggs moderately well, and we might actually be turning a small […]
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It’s the ‘burbs, stupid: on the Ezra Klein/Tom Vilsack dustup
Carried away: Ezra Klein and Tom Vilsack ride an imaginary “raft of subsidies.” This week, an interesting — and, I think, bizarre — argument broke out between Washington Post political blogger Ezra Klein and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. The topic was whether rural residents deserve what Klein called a “raft of subsidies,” when in fact, […]
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Reflections on my farm’s first year
A year ago, we signed the deed for our 12-acre farm, and I prepared for a crash course in country living.
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A talk with Charles Marohn, 'recovering engineer' and cofounder of Strong Towns
We discuss how smart planning can transcend politics and why we should let the Tea Party have what they want.
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Why you love the places you live, in your own words
Last week I put out a question to you, dear readers: Why do you love the place you live? The response from you was immediate and tremendous.
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The county fair: Less country every year, even in Nebraska
When the tomatoes turn red and the corn is so tall I can't even reach the top by jumping, I get a hankering for funnel cake, sno-cones, and the tilt-a-whirl. It must be county fair season in the Midwest! But while those things are still on offer, other traditions are disappearing.
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Stunning color images of Depression-era rural America [SLIDESHOW]
You're probably familiar with the iconic black-and-white photos of farmworkers by Dorothea Lange and others, but these color images offer a gripping, intimate glimpse of the effects of the Depression on America's rural and small-town residents.
