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Access to Efficiency: Rural Towns Support Family Farms
2018-05-23 19:31:50| National Farmers Union
By Lisa Everhart Myers, Demeter Farm March was an unusual month at Demeter Farm. It was a month filled with farming convention visits, spring snow storms, and, the very best part, an Indiana Class 1A boys basketball championship for my alma mater, the Morristown High School Yellow Jackets. For those of you who dont know […]
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Driving Private Investment to Spur Rural Prosperity
2018-04-26 17:38:43| National Farmers Union
By Matthew McKenna, Executive in Residence, Rural Opportunity Initiative, a program at Georgetown University’s Global Social Enterprise Initiative, part of the McDonough School of Business The United States has experienced an historic geographic imbalance in its recovery from the Great Recession. Rural America significantly lags the economic advances enjoyed by their more prosperous urban neighbors. […]
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T-Mobile to Pay $40M for Faking Rings on Calls to Rural Areas
2018-04-17 15:14:21| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The shady business practice not only deceived customers but violated the FCC's rules, which prohibit service providers from injecting false ring tones on any calls.
Farm and Rural Groups Urge Congress to Address Farmer Suicides in Farm Bill
2018-04-09 15:50:50| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 9, 2018 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON Farmers and ranchers commit suicide at a rate five times that of the general population. In an effort to address this crisis, National Farmers Union and a coalition of 36 prominent farm and rural advocacy groups are urging Congress to make mental […]
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Rural broadband needs to be a priority in government policy, NFU says
2018-04-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Connectivity and broadband in rural areas has to be boosted if farms are to reach their full potential, the NFU says today as new broadband legislation is laid down in Parliament
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