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By Timothy Collins

Ag and Trade | Growth and Development | Politics and Government
40 Embattled Years of Rural Development
08/28/2012

nixon signing farm billThe Rural Development Title is a small but crucial part of the Farm Bill. And after four decades, it remains one of the most vulnerable parts of this mammoth legislation.

Growth and Development | Main Street Economics | Politics and Government
Indiana Spurs Small Towns to Set a Course
08/15/2012

indiana state flagThe Stellar Communities program in Indiana awards grants to small towns that can envision a healthy future and have solid plans for getting there.

Travel/Recreation
Nicked Knuckles: For the Love of a Model A
07/20/2012

The joys and frustrations of an old car enthusiast: just don't call 'Silas' a Model T.

Ag and Trade | Food | Politics and Government
Speak Your Piece: Balancing on the Poor
07/13/2012

school lunch Is it "efficient" to take food from the poor when the nation's unemployment rate is stuck at 8%?

 

Speak Your Piece: Farm Bill Blues
06/20/2012

mass ebtA hundred years ago, T. Roosevelt made the mistake of equating rural with "agricultural." The latest version of the Farm Bill is guided by the same wrong idea.

Religion and Faith
Memorial Day 2012
05/28/2012

The celebrations took place all over the country today, Memorial Day. This one in Prairie City, Illinois, was special, as they all were.

Ag and Trade | Environment | Politics and Government
Speak Your Piece: Serious Stewardship
05/22/2012

loraxPersonal rights and interests don't take enough into account to safeguard what we hold in common. That takes government, and the EPA.

Education | Politics and Government
Illinois Plan Won't Make Schools Consolidate
04/23/2012

school consolidation signsSeveral states have required that smaller school districts merge to save money. But an Illinois Commission finds that consolidation incurs its own costs.

Growth and Development | Politics and Government
Speak Your Piece: Manufacturing Dreams
04/10/2012

Abingdon, IllinoisPeople are talking about reviving U.S. manufacturing with a new wave of tax incentives. But let's look at how rural America fared with the old wave.

Piecing Together the Farm Bill Puzzle
03/29/2012

galesburg speaker With diverse agriculture interests competing, and responsibilities for nutrition, conservation, and more, lawmakers gathering testimony from producers, most recently in Galesburg, Illinois.

Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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