Data centers, the economy and health care are forcing rural voters to reckon with a Republican incumbent in one of the ...

The movement to ban glyphosate grows but some Democratic leaders and environmental groups are reluctant to regulate ...

Anna Sekine works as the Midwest Farmland Associate at American Farmland Trust. In this role, she supports programs focused on farmland protection, next-generation land access, and farm transfer ...

Ahliya Roy is a 5th generation Mainer, Maine School of Science and Mathematics student and Rural Youth Organizer for JustME for JustUs, a grassroots organizing nonprofit in Maine.

Today’s data center proponents argue such projects bring needed jobs and a boost to local economies. Rural America has heard confident pitches like these before. Nearly 40 years ago, concentrated ...

In Aroostook County, Maine’s largest and northernmost county, youth organizers are attempting to reach young people, ages 15-30, which make up 15% of the population. The county, population 67,000, is ...

Sarah Ladd is a Louisville-based journalist from West Kentucky who’s covered everything from crime to higher education. She spent nearly two years on the metro breaking news desk at The Courier ...

The Trump administration’s attempts to federalize and delegitimize elections has found its analogues in some rural counties. In response, local organizers are stepping up to protect the vote.

Your independent source for rural and small town news. Barn Raiser connects local and national perspectives through a network of writers and contributors who live in and care about rural and small ...