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My hometown of Toulon, Illinois, is a small farm community of 1,200 souls about three hours southwest of the Chicago sprawl. During my youth, it featured five gas stations; four [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It started, as migrations often do, with a late night flutter in the tummy--and a seemingly urgent need for an early pregnancy test. But five years ago our […]

A visit to Brown County is briefly described with reference to the best restaurants, parks, and other scenic spots. Some of them are Artist Colony Inn and Restaurant, Brown County State Park, and T.C. Steele State Historic Site.

Rural and retirement areas offer elders with a peaceful, simple and inexpensive mode of life. Some have addressed their financial issues by establishing their own businesses, such as cattle raising and farming.

The first time I thought that living in Peoa and working in Salt Lake could really work was the day my partner called saying that there had been a bad [...]

Pound for pound, no bovine can match the diversity of Dexter cattle, one of the smallest cattle breeds. Standing just 36 to 44 inches at the shoulder, Dexters are the [...]

CHRISTMAS has come and gone, even for the Eastern Orthodox, and the stores are looking ahead to Valentine's Day. But many upstate lawns still have their Christmas decorations: Santa, Frosty, [...]

Effort Needed To Connect What happened to my 'posse'? Many of us are looking for the rural ‘hood we thought was permanent. The absence of connection to others has us [...]

By Mehgan Belanger At the Village Pantry headquarters in Indianapolis, a team of seven men has joined for a common goal of making the chain the best in its market. [...]

A report on the effect of active parental consent on sample basis among rural seventh graders, who participated in a drug abuse prevention trial, is presented. The findings of the study indicate that active parental consent procedures biased the sample, as the sample of students eligible to participate in the survey appears to be less at risk as compared to passive consent procedures.

Kyrgyzstan is a poor mountainous country in central Asia. Most people have not even heard of it and even fewer would be able to locate it on a world map. […]

The Indians respect the elephant as one of the holy animals and it also has a lot of other uses, similarly, cattle was one of the factors in producing farm goods in Korea in the pre-industrial rural society. Though cattles are equally important for both India and Korea, the reasons for it to be significant are different for both the countries.

Most people believe that life in rural areas is idyllic, unhurried and placid. However, a closer examination will show that people in rural areas are just as busy and pressured as their urban counterparts.

by Bryan Welch Mother Earth News For nearly 40 years, Mother Earth News has been providing practical, hands-on DIY editorial about all aspects of country living, including detailed buyers guides [...]