The 2012 farm bill and rural youth

The federal farm bill is about a lot more than agriculture, says Janney Lockman of WMMT-FM. In this report prepared for the community radio station in Whitesburg, Kentucky, Janney focuses on the impact of the farm bill on rural youth. Aside from ag provisions such as crop subsidy programs, the bill provides funding for rural development, broadband access, nutrition programs,  and other measures that have a role in building healthier, stronger rural communities that support youth.

Participants in the report include Nella Parks of Oregon Rural Action, Dee Davis of the Center for Rural Strategies, and Whitney Kimball Coe, coordinator of the National Rural Assembly. (See a video interview with Nella recorded at the 2010 Rural Youth Assembly.)

Drawing Resilience: Jaiden Dokken

Jaiden Dokken is a writer, printmaker, ceramicist, cidermaker, and self-described highly persistent pen pal. They are Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate and will spend the next two years bringing poetry to the northwesternmost corner of Washington State. Dokken’s work has been published in Fiction International, Algorithm, Muses and Vices, SpeakEasy, Superfroot Magazine, and Pile Press. They are an editor and reader for Perennial Press.

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How to share your story at Everywhere

Save the date for Rural Assembly Everywhere, a multimedia production designed by and for rural leaders and their allies, on June 28th!

A free virtual event, Everywhere: Toward Safer, More Connected Communities will explore the ways rural people are pushing back against harmful policies and narratives and the steps they are taking to create safer, more connected communities.

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Coming soon: Rural Assembly Everywhere Summer 2023

Save the date for Rural Assembly Everywhere, a multimedia production designed by and for rural leaders and their allies, on June 28th!

A free virtual event, Everywhere: Toward Safer, More Connected Communities will explore the ways rural people are pushing back against harmful policies and narratives and the steps they are taking to create safer, more connected communities.

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