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The ideas with regard to spirituality are presented. It is proposed that spirituality must abide in ones hearts and in communities to establish peace on a permanent basis.

The article discusses the challenges to the U.S. agricultural industry due to the proposed tax plan and immigration regulation by Donald Trump, the President-elect of the U.S., the U.S. Bureau of Land Management policies, the Endangered Species Act and climate change.

The article focuses on business development of De Grins Oer Dairy located in Blanchard, Mississippi. Topics include Ramona Okkema who owns the business, how Okkema and her husband started the business in the U.S. by selling their livestock in the Netherlands and selling milk quotas, and the farm having 20 acres of pasture, cropland and rented cropland. Also it mentions the environmental certifications given to the farm through the Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program.

The article reports on challenges faced by cattlemen in the U.S. due to steps taken by poultry and pork producers to increase their market share. Topics discussed include increase in cropland prices as per the "Land Values Summary" report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, concern of cattlemen to lose land under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and benefits offered to livestock producers due to decline in decline in price of feed.

The article focuses on how medical schools in the U.S. are recruiting rural students to become rural doctors.

The article focuses on the declining use of cotton gins in U.S. cotton production. It reports that active gin numbers have declined by 41% since the early 1990s and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) counted 610 active gins in 2013. In addition, insights from National Cotton Ginners Association (NCGA) executive vice president Harrison Ashley, Texas Star Co-Op Gin manager Buzz Cooper, and Kevin Simpson of Ashland, Mississippi are also noted.

The article focuses on the life, achievements, and contributions of George Washington Carver to agriculture and history of the U.S. Carver was the first black student and first black faculty member in Iowa State University and recognized the value of education to improve the lives of former slaves and their descendants. Carver developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes in his laboratory in Tuskegee's campus.

The article offers information on the Community Calf Project through a collaboration between Southwestern High School agriculture teacher Greg Schneider and Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana. It mentions that Schneider was searching for ways to engage students with the use pf hands-on examples in his classroom, while the food required donations. It states that students raise money through grants and donations to purchase calves, equipment and feed.

The article offers information on the success of farmers Jo Lynn Mitchell and Ward Wilkins who dealt with unproductive acres in their farmland. Topics discussed include Mitchell conducting educational activities for children and adults in her farm as a part of agritourism, views of Daryl Jones, associate professor at the department of wildlife in Mississippi State University, and Wilkins harvesting woods in the areas of his unproductive farm specially for furniture makers and wood workers.