Rural Issues

World Ploughing Championships

October 13, 2006

Two weekends ago we headed to the World Ploughing Championships in Tullow, County Carlow, about 1.5 hours north of here. It was a 4-day long event, with the Irish Ploughing Championship the first two days and then the World Championship. In addition to the plowing, it was a big farm show along the lines of [...]

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May 8, 2005

Near Hixton, WI

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May 8, 2005

Near Hixton, WI

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May 1, 2005

Plover, WI

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April 28, 2005

Near Menomonie, WI

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The Rural Stories Project

April 28, 2005

The Rural Stories Project is coming online at http://www.ruralstories.com. We’re going to be coming out of the chute fairly slow with this, as real, paying work calls (a lot) these days. Keep an eye on it though, content will be trickling out.

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April 8, 2005

Red Cedar River Near Cameron, WI

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December 11, 2004

Our good friend Herby Radmann of Bullfrog Fish Farm has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education 2004 Patrick Madden Award contest. The Madden award recognizes agricultural enterprises that are not only profitable but value the environment and their communities. Herby and the gang at the farm are the perfect [...]

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July 16, 2003

The U.S. House has passed an appropriations bill for the Department of Agriculture that includes $678 million for rural telemedicine infrastructure. Telemedicine allows patients in rural areas to “meet” with doctors over high-speed internet connections with video and audio, and is an important component of bringing good healthcare to rural America.

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May 20, 2003

USDA has awarded $20 million through their Community Connect Grant Program to provide broadband network development in 40 rural communities across the country. Grants like these will be very necessary for the future of rural areas due to the difficulty of recouping infrastructure costs in areas with a low population density. I think an effort [...]

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