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USDA staff cuts leave farmers unable to obtain loans and grants - Entrepreneur Generations

Navajo farming couple, Mary and Zachariah Ben, sought a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their dream property last fall in ...

Farmers enter conservation easements to protect their land for the future - Entrepreneur Generations

John Boyer repurchased 131 acres of his childhood farm in rural East Jordan, Michigan, and entered it into a conservation easement with the ...

Proposed EPA rule would not require public input before construction of new pollution-causing facilities, most of which are in rural places - Entrepreneur Generations

A newly proposed federal Environmental Protection Agency plan would eliminate the requirement that states seek public comment before issuing...

Walmart to pay $50 million for its role in bolstering the opioid crisis - Entrepreneur Generations

The Justice Department announced this week that Walmart must pay $50 million to resolve claims “that its pharmacies filled hundreds of thous...

United Houma Nation credits 'good journalism' as reason for $56.5 million federal grant award - Entrepreneur Generations

The United Houma Nation in South Louisiana is crediting "good journalism" for a newly awarded $56.5 million grant it received from...

New federal rule would increase water cuts in the Colorado River Basin; Native American tribes say they weren't consulted - Entrepreneur Generations

Colorado River Indian Tribes say the U.S. Department of the Interior did not provide them with enough notice or allow them sufficient input ...

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...

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...
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