Barn Raisers

Networks of Care: How Rural Immigrants Build Community

When formal systems fail, mutual aid sustains rural life

Thurka Sangaramoorthy

Common Ground is Found at a Montana Barn Raising

The former speaker of the Montana House and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences

Barn Raiser’s 2025 Year in Review

In a year of sweeping federal policy change and visionary rural organizing, Barn Raiser covered rural America from coast to coast

‘Homesick for the Land Itself’

Author, farmer and advocate Brooks Lamb on cultivating common ground through love for the land

Justin Perkins & Joel Bleifuss

‘This Is How People Find Their Voice’

Farmer and organizer Suzan Erem reflects on rural collective action in the Trump age

Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins

Democracy Begins With Place-Based Organizing

In an age of AI disruption and rising authoritarianism, our future depends on grassroots leadership

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

Forty Organizations Offer a Plan to Revitalize Rural America

New Rural Policy Action Report highlights 26 legislative solutions that would benefit rural communities

Michael Chameides

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

Letters to the Editor

Readers Respond to Wendell Berry

Letters: May 2024

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September 29, 2025

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

June 16, 2025

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

March 31, 2025

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

Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins

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