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Democracy Begins With Place-Based Organizing
In an age of AI disruption and rising authoritarianism, our future depends on grassroots leadership
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Mark Bittman’s New Restaurant Aims to ‘Turn the Food System on Its Head’
Community Kitchen explores how a restaurant can make food equitable for all—from the farmer to the diner
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Forty Organizations Offer a Plan to Revitalize Rural America
New Rural Policy Action Report highlights 26 legislative solutions that would benefit rural communities
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When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations
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Farm Aid, at 40, Offers a Lifeline for Farmers Facing Their Worst Crisis in Decades
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and Bob Dylan headline a milestone 12-hour benefit concert
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Barbara Damrosch’s Life in the Garden
The acclaimed garden writer’s latest book is part memoir, part garden guide and part call to action
Holli Cederholm; photos by Kelsey Kobik
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How Democrats Can Win By Organizing from the County Up
In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive
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The New Mexico Mom Growing Political Power From a Community Garden
Small-scale growers find ways to reduce food insecurity
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Where Now Rural Progressives? The Harris Campaign’s Rural Outreach Director Has Answers
A Q&A with Rural Organizing’s Matt Hildreth
Letters to the Editor
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Barn Raisers
December 29, 2024
Barn Raiser’s 2024 Year in Review
Wendell Berry takes on “White Rural Rage,” farmers and environmentalists team up, and rural organizers contend with the opportunities, and aftermath, of an election year
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Barn Raisers
September 26, 2024
The Secret to Creating Vibrant Rural Economies
The USDA's Rural Development office works with nonprofit enterprises to to revitalize rural economies
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Native Life
May 6, 2024
The Indigenous Growers Reviving Hemp’s Deep Roots
“Cannabis and hemp offer solutions to many challenges in an industrial society”
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