“Once you start to protect quiet in an ecosystem or in a rural landscape,” artist Perri Lynch Howard told the Daily Yonder, “you realize quickly that you’re protecting everything.”
Q&A: The Early Days of Hurricane Recovery in Western North Carolina
Hurricane Helene devastated much of the Southeast United States, including North Carolina, in late September. Former Appodlachia podcast host Callie Pruett Schwaber talked about what it’s been like to watch her community come together post-storm.
Hurricane Helene devastated much of the Southeast United States, including North Carolina, in late September. Former Appodlachia podcast host Callie Pruett Schwaber talked about what it’s been like to watch her community come together post-storm.
45 Degrees North: Fire Inspections in Rural Public Places
In many rural areas, fire inspections are tasked to volunteer fire departments already stretched thin. Here’s what our communities may not know about why we do fire inspections, what we find, and how to make public spaces in rural areas safer.
In many rural areas, fire inspections are tasked to volunteer fire departments already stretched thin. Here’s what our communities may not know about why we do fire inspections, what we find, and how to make public spaces in rural areas safer.
Ozarks Notebook: Growing the Elderberry Industry Through Research and Outreach
Elderberries have been touted in folk culture for their healing properties. Now, USDA-funded research is underway in the Ozarks to learn more about how to cultivate this industry on a greater scale.
Elderberries have been touted in folk culture for their healing properties. Now, USDA-funded research is underway in the Ozarks to learn more about how to cultivate this industry on a greater scale.
Persistence and Partnerships Both Key to Land Access for New and Beginning Farmers
Organizations in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England are providing new and beginning farmers with tools and support to secure farmable land.
Organizations in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England are providing new and beginning farmers with tools and support to secure farmable land.
45 Degrees North: Misunderstood Manners
People who travel overseas are usually advised to do a bit of research beforehand about how to behave there. Closer to home, though, they may be unintentionally obtuse about the etiquette of rural places they visit.
People who travel overseas are usually advised to do a bit of research beforehand about how to behave there. Closer to home, though, they may be unintentionally obtuse about the etiquette of rural places they visit.
Commentary: Postal Service Plan Writes Off Rural America to Save a Buck
The Post Office is a public service that should treat every American fairly. Slowing delivery will hurt rural areas that rely on mail carriers to deliver goods, information, medications, and more.
The Post Office is a public service that should treat every American fairly. Slowing delivery will hurt rural areas that rely on mail carriers to deliver goods, information, medications, and more.
45 Degrees North: The Rural Cancer Commute
Travel to a distant medical facility can compound the stresses of illness. Sometimes a rural person has to pull up her big girl Depends and make the best of it.
Travel to a distant medical facility can compound the stresses of illness. Sometimes a rural person has to pull up her big girl Depends and make the best of it.
Consider the Salmon
Sometimes responding to our ecological crisis looks like paying attention to our local ecosystems.
Sometimes responding to our ecological crisis looks like paying attention to our local ecosystems.
Empowering Rural Entrepreneurs to Drive the Rural Economic Revival
Incubators and networking organizations for rural-based startups have been proven to deliver economic results to communities that host them and beyond.
Incubators and networking organizations for rural-based startups have been proven to deliver economic results to communities that host them and beyond.
Local Activists in Animal Agriculture-Heavy Areas Fight Nitrate Pollution
But the consolidation of the sector makes it increasingly hard for organizers to push for drinking water regulation. According to experts, local actions need to be paired with more federal regulation to properly address the drinking water nitrate pollution.
But the consolidation of the sector makes it increasingly hard for organizers to push for drinking water regulation. According to experts, local actions need to be paired with more federal regulation to properly address the drinking water nitrate pollution.
Q&A: Journalist Anna Sale on How to Be ‘Of Many Places at Once’
Death, Sex & Money podcast host Anna Sale is a California transplant originally from West Virginia. Only recently has she begun to see the value in straddling many place-based identities at once.
Death, Sex & Money podcast host Anna Sale is a California transplant originally from West Virginia. Only recently has she begun to see the value in straddling many place-based identities at once.
Commentary: Seeking Comfort, and Finding Understanding, in a Concrete Jungle
When you’re craving rural vistas but surrounded by urban sprawl, a city park can be the next best thing to bring comfort and clarity. Differences in geography – or gender identity – don’t have to pull us apart.
When you’re craving rural vistas but surrounded by urban sprawl, a city park can be the next best thing to bring comfort and clarity. Differences in geography – or gender identity – don’t have to pull us apart.
‘Least Contacted and Most Undecided:’ Young Voters in Rural America
Research found that the youngest segment of the voting rural population, voters aged 18 to 30, feels ignored by politicians and mainstream parties. When given the opportunity, young people want to be more involved locally.
Research found that the youngest segment of the voting rural population, voters aged 18 to 30, feels ignored by politicians and mainstream parties. When given the opportunity, young people want to be more involved locally.
From Rambo to Reacher and Now Netflix’s ‘Rebel Ridge’
A mysterious newcomer finds trouble in a small town in ‘Rebel Ridge,’ the latest action film to leverage this tried-and-true storytelling template.
A mysterious newcomer finds trouble in a small town in ‘Rebel Ridge,’ the latest action film to leverage this tried-and-true storytelling template.
Healing Amidst Divisions: How a Small Town Fights for Its Library
Regional library systems provide vital services for small and under-resourced communities. But what happens when political divisions threaten to dismantle them?
Regional library systems provide vital services for small and under-resourced communities. But what happens when political divisions threaten to dismantle them?