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Hans Breitenmoser: Dairy Farmer for Fair Maps
“Wisconsin is so severely gerrymandered that you can't even hardly think straight.”
Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins
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The Emerging Movement to Build Multi-Racial Power in Rural Communities
What the D.C. establishment gets wrong about rural politics
Michael Chameides, Danny Diaz, W. Mondale Robinson & Celina Culver
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Letters to the Editor
Wendell Berry’s letter to the editor of The New York Review of Books continues to strike a nerve.
The Editors
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Response and Responsibility
Wendell Berry’s letter to the editor of The New York Review of Books published by Barn Raiser struck a nerve. Here’s how readers responded.
The Editors
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What Liberal Elites Don’t Know About Rural Americans Can Hurt Us
The New York Review of Books strikes out, again
Wendell Berry
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Finding Common Ground at a Montana Barn Raising
The former Montana House speaker and Missoula mayor reflects on working together across differences
Daniel Kemmis
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Wisconsin’s Soil Sisters Are Growing More Than Food
Sheila Julson
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How Food Hubs Connect and Strengthen Rural Communities
Sandra Strieby
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A Community Came Together To Revitalize a Run-Down Farmhouse
Patrick McNameeKing
Barn Raisers
January 20, 2023
Mississippi River Dispatch
Ringing in the New Year from Oquawka to Clarksville
Joel Bleifuss
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Environment
January 9, 2023
How Farms and Small Businesses Can Get Federal Money for Solar
The Renewable Energy for America Program also provides grants for energy efficiency improvements.
Bryce Oates
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Barn Raisers
December 9, 2022
Welcome to Barn Raiser: Your independent source for rural and small town news
A letter from the editors
Joel Bleifuss & Justin Perkins
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