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 ...

What drives economic growth in rural areas — jobs attracting people, or people attracting jobs? According to Amanda Weinstein of the Center on Rural Innovation, the answer may lie in an unexpected ...

Many of us who dwell and work in major cities dream of someday moving to the countryside. Nature. Fresh air. Rustic food. Simple living. And friendly neighbors. That’s what we dream about. But in ...

Slow down and find joy in summer through this rural vlog—perfect for those who love the cottagecore aesthetic and peaceful ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Contrary to what many believe, the risk of dying from an injury is far less in the city than in the country, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Although homicides in cities far ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

Much of the country’s attention is trained on the toxic stew of division and conflict flowing from the nation’s capital. And a lot of nonprofit energy and money is going to campaigns that aim to ...

The rains we’ve had during late summer and fall have been good for restoring soil moisture in the fields but not so much for our gravel roads. Calling them gravel roads probably is being generous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tucked behind fields, farms and winding creeks, a quiet stretch of rural land could soon give way to a new conservation-style ...

Members of the Steinman family drew near to an altar made of wood from a barn their ancestors had built and used. Under glass beneath the cloth, were funeral cards of those who had gone before them, ...

On Saturday, Sept. 28, the community was invited to see a selection of the images shot during the 2024 Missouri Photo Workshop. (Photo by Kaitlyn McConnell) It was a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon when I ...

The smooth, rounded indentations have a way of humanizing the ancient canoe secured in the covered gallery behind the LSU Rural Life Museum's barn. These are places where people's backsides wore down ...