Quick hits: movement seeks to increase number of young Black farmers; hope outlasts prosperity in oil-bust town - Entrepreneur Generations

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

Movement seeks to increase number of young Black farmers. Read more here.

Smaller specialty flour companies are helping revitalize local economies; could other industries copy their model? Read more here.

After NPR invited two rural men from a Kentucky town—one pro-Black Lives Matter and one against—for a dialogue on race on Morning Edition, the men discovered an unexpected bit of common ground. Read more here.

Hope outlasts prosperity in N.D. town flattened by oil bust. Read more here.

Could pandemic make it even harder for rural students to go to college? Read more here.

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