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...

When rainfall gauges were vandalized in Colorado and Kansas, a gang of farmers collected millions, and got caught - Entrepreneur Generations

Artem Beliaikin via Sunsplash Raindrops kept falling on the land, but just like the guy whose feet were too big for his bed, nothing seemed ...

Higher interest rates, heavier debt and increased costs have Midwest farmers drawing comparisons to 1980s struggles - Entrepreneur Generations

    Photo by  Jesse Gardner  on  Unsplash In a report for Wisconsin Public Radio , Hope Kirwan reminds listeners of an agricultural downtur...

Nuclear reactors, abandoned industrial sites seen as part of the solution to accommodate data centers in rural America - Entrepreneur Generations

     An experimental nuclear reactor in rural Kansas will be placed one mile underground, avoiding hulking facilities like the one above. (U...

WSJ describes harvesting, production process of lettuce as cyclospora continues to spread in multiple states - Entrepreneur Generations

    Most lettuce consumed in the U.S. is produced domestically. (Photo by Phuc Long on Sunsplash) All eyes are on lettuce in supermarkets a...

Brookings calls for FEMA reforms to make disaster declaration, response easier for rural areas - Entrepreneur Generations

    Courtesy of the Library of Congress (Unsplash) A recent analysis by the Brookings institution examines the challenges faced by rural co...