Community
People and profiles from rural America
Donāt Let āEm Get Your Goat Down
Written and Photos by Rachael Leystra
Follow stories from our readers about the challenges of raising goats, consummate handymen, opossum precautions, and a neighborhood turkey.
Prairie Grassland Fires
By Rebecca Martin
Learn about the spring regrowth brought on by prairie fires, a millennia-old phenomenon of the Midwestern U.S.
Farley's Arrival
By Keba M Hitzeman
A tragic accident leads to the arrival of Farley, a Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog.
The Community in Winter
By Kyle Ferlemann
Learn how a community thatās active and engaged will help keep families from falling into disaster situations bought on by seasons.
Disaster Plans 101
By Kyle Ferlemann
An examination of the basic requirements that your disaster plan should address.
Community and Disaster Preparedness, Part 2
By Kyle Ferlemann
The most effective thing you can do to improve your situation in a disaster, before a disaster, is to be on friendly terms with your neighbors and socially active within your community.
Create a Cottage Industry
Written and Photos by Renee Pottle
This entrepreneur grew a successful farm business by deftly maneuvering through the ever-changing and challenging market.
A Taste for Chicken
By Rebecca Martin
Rebecca Martin talks about her extended familyās adventures raising 200 or more meat chickens, and processing them.
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