California farmers are 'returning lettuce to the soil,' laying off workers as fears about cyclosporiasis continue - Entrepreneur Generations

Workers are being laid off, assembly lines have stopped and huge amounts of lettuce and cabbage are being returned to the soil at farms acro...

One reporter's journey through the American West puts her on the frontlines of climate change - Entrepreneur Generations

Climate change is altering the great American landscape, with rural places often on the frontlines of disasters that are becoming more and m...

For locals in East Tennessee, Dolly Parton's death is personal. Here's how local news covered the story. - Entrepreneur Generations

There are no shortage of tributes and obituaries pouring in from all corners of the country honoring the life and legacy of Dolly Parton thi...

New York family-owned, free weekly newspaper survives with hard-working owners, positivity, interaction with readers - Entrepreneur Generations

     (Cup Fabian Barra via Sunsplash) Publisher Mark Frost does everything at The Chronicle in Glens Falls, NY, from writing stories and edi...

Kentucky mother and daughter stand firm against data center; decline $26 million offer for 500 acres of family land - Entrepreneur Generations

    The artificial intelligence boom has introduced the potential for data centers into communities across America, pitting technology again...

Coal miners continue to be plagued with black lung disease at high rates, now attributed to smaller, thinner coal seams - Entrepreneur Generations

Vedrana Filipovic via Sunsplash Efforts to increase black lung benefits were highlighted in The Rural Blog in a July 14 post , and today we...

Agriculture and Homeland Security departments increase coordination to attack screwworm with drones, AI - Entrepreneur Generations

     The Department of Agriculture announced this week that a facility in Texas to produce sterile flies will open seven months ahead of sch...

A century of one family’s reunions reflects the passage of time and the migration of youth from farms across the nation - Entrepreneur Generations

       The Putmans still operate dairy farms in New York but as young members of their family choose other careers and move away, the farms,...

Solar-energy group that spent $2 million in Tennessee race takes credit for incumbent congressman's 6-point defeat - Entrepreneur Generations

A rural Tennessee congressman lost his seat in Thursday's Republican primary election, and a solar-energy lobby is taking credit and sou...

Fracking brine from Ohio injection wells believed to be surfacing, potentially contaminating drinking water - Entrepreneur Generations

    Paul Alain Hunt via Sunsplash Decades ago, the state of Ohio invited the oil and gas industry to inject wastewater into deep wells, whic...