We're feeling the Valentine's Day love with a slightly different twist - after all, what else would you expect from us? Most of the time we write about how to make rural life better. We don't want to ...
April 15 was an unusually warm spring day in Belle Plaine. Jim Glisczinski's worn farm boots compressed the soft, freshly unfrozen ground as he walked toward his new John Deere planter. The complex ...
Jerry Laughlin, 46, who took over a fifth-generation farm near Imogene, Iowa, in 1999 and hopes to move more into farming crops for food rather than industrial use, is grateful for his Catholic faith ...
In today’s food world, chefs, home cooks, and farmers are prime movers in the “farm-to-table” mission. That means restaurant chefs and home cooks in urban and rural kitchens seek the freshest ...
Brenda and Nathan Rudolph are seen in this undated photo with their children Vivian and Everett near Little Falls, Minn. (Credit: Dave Hrbacek/The Catholic Spirit via CNS.) Listen ST. PAUL, Minnesota ...
Pop portrayals of LGBTQ Americans tend to feature urban gay life, from Ru Paul’s “Drag Race” and “Queer Eye” and “Pose.” But not all gay people live in cities. Demographers estimate that 15% to 20% of ...
Is rural living good for your health? If you’re one of a quarter billion Americans who live in metro areas, you may be conjuring up an idyll of burbling streams and fresh air. But rural Americans are ...
I grew up in a house with a hand-crank grain grinder from Lehman’s catalog in the kitchen — a kitchen that in spite of a fairly recent remodel, intentionally lacks a dishwasher. My parents, while anti ...
Four questions for the author of Woodsqueer: Crafting a Sustainable Rural Life. Twenty years ago, Gretchen Legler moved with her partner, Ruth, into a post-and-beam Cape on 80 wooded acres in western ...
Reliable mail service is not a luxury in rural America. It is a necessity for receiving checks, handling daily business, and getting critical medicine and supplies that many families cannot ...
History buffs won't want to skip a visit to the LSU Rural Life Museum. Boasting the largest collection of material from 19th-century Louisiana, the museum comprises more than 30 historic buildings and ...
False narratives about queer populations’ absence from rural places are still present today. But there are scholars and activists who try to paint a fuller and truer picture. For decades, the majority ...
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