Cross-Currents: Art + Agriculture summary

In Sept., a group of us got together in Greensboro, NC for Cross-Currents: Art + Agriculture Powering Rural Economies to explore new strategic intersections, develop innovative strategies for well-being, and initiate unimagined partnerships to benefit rural communities.

Here is a summary of what we did and learned together. This includes slides, handouts, resource lists, and organizations and sponsors who are daily making a difference for all of us.

Thank you to all who were a part of this ground-breaking event.

Drawing Resilience: Nicole Cormier

Out in rural Cape Cod, holistic nutritionist and dietician Nicole Cormier is busy weaving community resilience with herbalism, agriculture and clinical practice in one of the only internships of its kind in the U.S. She’s also deeply engaged in feeding community; both her own and those that need additional care and support.

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A Wave of Energy: Reflections from Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026

Madeline Matson and Taneum Fotheringill traveled to Granite Falls, Minn., to host Rural Assembly Everywhere live from The YES! House, in partnership with the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT). The conversation below is a reflection on their experience hosting live, participating in an open mic night, and celebrating the hundreds of people who joined together to uplift our rural communities across the country during Rural Assembly Everywhere 2026.

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