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We invited rural and Native spiritual leaders to gather this summer. Here’s what we learned about community, connection, and unity.
If you are a rural leader who feels unsure about how to navigate this topic, we’ve included five quick tips below, along with suggestions on how to practice these tips within a conversation.
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The Rural Assembly has partnered with other organizations to produce and share a collection of resources that address vaccine hesitancy, share facts, and help more rural Americans to become vaccinated for Covid-19.
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The farm bill is wide-ranging legislation that sets funding and directs priorities for a variety of federal food consumption and production programs in the U.S. — plus, economic development programs aimed at improving broadband access and providing small business loans, among other things, in rural areas. Congress usually debates and renews the farm bill every The post Rural Development in the Farm Bill: What the Research Says appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
Rural students seeking higher education face numerous unique challenges. A conversation with CivicLab, an Indiana-based education nonprofit, helped illuminate three national trends about rural higher education. The post Nonprofit Shares Three National Lessons about Rural Higher Education appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
This story was originally published by Nexus Media News and Civil Eats. In the summer months, Flor Sanchez and the members of her harvest crew rise before dawn and arrive at a cherry orchard in Washington state’s Yakima Valley when there is only the slightest hint of daylight. “We use headlamps,” she says, to carry The post As Extreme Heat Blasts Farms, More Harvests Are Taking Place in the Dark appeared first on The Daily Yonder.
