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US Sec. of Agriculture to visit south, middle Georgia communities to discuss healthy food, equity
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 13 hours agoU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will visit two Georgia communities this week to discuss...
Rural, urban divide plays out in food claims, agriculture concerns, Purdue University finds
Food Navigator USA· 1 day agoPurdue University surveyed more than 1,200 rural and urban consumers about their perception of...
SNAP cuts, school lunches and crop protections: 2024 Farm Bill proposal in simple terms
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 day agoS. Senate): The Senate's bill seeks to increase financial support and price loss coverage for underserved producers (non-male and communities of color). The Senate also increases ...
Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4
The 74 via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAbout 20 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, sits one of the last Black boarding schools in the...
Rural Conn. town has 6 zip codes for just 600 addresses. Congress may step in
The Day· 3 days agoFor residents living in the town of Scotland, located in the state’s northeastern Windham County, even just getting a package has become a headache. The rural Connecticut ...
Dollar stores take a bigger bite out of rural market share
Supermarket News· 3 days agoIndependent grocery stores in rural areas take a bigger financial hit than their urban counterparts...
U.S. Postal Service pauses planned changes to processing and delivery network
Grand Island Independent· 2 days agoThe U.S. Postal Service on Monday announced it will pause changes to mail processing operations in...
Telehealth, rural physician bills clear committee
KFOX 14 El Paso· 6 days agoS. House of Representatives. The bill of U.S. Rep. Dr. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., and the Rural Physician Workforce Preservation ...
Agriculture Dept. Awards $671M for Rural Energy, Water Projects
Engineering News-Record· 2 days agoAs part of a series of Biden administration activities focused on rural America, the U.S. Dept. of...
Postal Service hits pause on moving processing to Denver after pushback
The Aspen Times· 15 hours agoThe U.S. Postal Service will pause a plan to reroute mail from the Western Slope to Denver after...