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An overview and evaluation of the Managing Information with Rural America (MIRA) initiative provides valuable lessons for foundations and others planning rural community development initiatives. The MIRA evaluation may be viewed on this site’s MIRA Web page. MIRA was a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman recently announced that $84 million will be available to protect farm and ranch land through USDA's Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP). "The Bush Administration is committed to conserving our natural resources,"...
Political strategists weigh in on the importance of rural voters in this NPR feature. (Includes a link to the 8055 Coalition for Rural America Web site.) http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1625740
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s mission of helping people help themselves through education is a theme echoed in the work of the Boys, Girls, Adults Community Development Center (BGACDC), Marvell, Arkansas. The center is a grassroots organization that aims to improve...
Washington, DC – A new fact sheet and updated database released today by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology finds that state legislatures in 2003 considered significantly more legislation in support of agricultural biotechnology than in the entire 2001-2002...
Economic Research and Data - Economic Review"The New Power of Regions: A Policy Focus for Rural America" is now on the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Web site. In this second quarter Economic Review article, Mark Drabenstott and Katharine...
A study on the market for organic products in the USA has been published on the Internet by the International Trade Centre (ITC). It contains detailed information on the organic market and describes marketing channels and market access possibilities for...
(Battle Creek, Mich., November 22, 2002) Communities and the institutions serving them can play a role in reversing diet-related health problems such as obesity, high cholesterol and heart disease. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation issue paper “Food, Diet and Health” reviews...
The Innovations in Food Systems Education Conference will be packed with information and it features a long list of keynote speakers that bring different perspectives on the food system. Some of the keynote speakers include: Patrick Moore (founder of Green...
The October Main Street Economist is now available on the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Web site at: http://www.kc.frb.org/RuralCenter/mainstreet/MainStMain.htm. Nancy Novack discusses "The Income Divide in Rural America" in the October Main Street. This issue also contains The Summary...