A few important dynamics are making it easier for young people to launch businesses in rural towns – especially food businesses.

Teaching young children is one of the most stressful occupations.

A health insurance alliance proved to lower costs for individuals and employers.

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.

Affordable housing is a challenge for rural America, too.

The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV batteries, but even this less-polluting mining raises local health concerns.

Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger farms, has an impact on communities and knowing where your food comes from.

Limiting damage from climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many towns that rely heavily on oil and gas production aren’t prepared for that future, as a former White House advisor explains.

Just like fires can contaminate municipal water systems by melting pipes, farms’ and ranches’ water supply systems are at risk. A first-of-its-kind study after the Maui fires explores the harms.