The Eastern Shore Delegation is focused on raising and prioritizing the issues that are impacting the Eastern Shore, and this piece of legislation that is moving through the Senate could elevate rural ...

As climate change increasingly disrupts where Americans can safely live, Revitalize | Resettle offers a bold yet pragmatic ...

Backed by alumni support, the initiative is growing its impact in rural communities while giving UVA students hands-on public ...

Capital alone is insufficient. Rural women entrepreneurs operate within constrained ecosystems. Infrastructure gaps increase ...

In the village of Kyzart in Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan, little was known about the transformative power of vegetable farming. A simple change to the diets of rural households—a smidge of horticulture ...

The United States must build an inclusive narrative of rural communities. Locals attend a Friday night football game in the rural town of Sunny South, Alabama, October 2015. (Getty/Michael S.

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Rural colleges and universities tend to be more affordable and accessible and have shorter times to degree than their urban and suburban counterparts, according to a recent report by researchers at ...

The Daily Yonder's coverage of rural economic issues, including workforce development and the future of work in rural America, is supported in part by Microsoft. Rural America’s historic population ...

Alabama is focusing attention on its rural areas in a bid to spur economic development. The state’s Department of Commerce today unveiled the “RurAL” website along with a marketing campaign trumpeting ...