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Rural and Small Town-America: Context, Composition, and Complexities. Coming Aug 2024 from University of California Press (is on Bluesky). The book confronts common myths & misunderstandings about #rural people & places and considers changes, problems, & opportunities for rural communities. ucpress.edu/book/978052040…

Blue Cross of North Carolina counts the Farm Bureau, a champion of industrial hog farms, as a major customer buff.ly/3VuC61i

A reminder of the timeless lessons of the land ethic Aldo Leopold Foundation #rssmadison2024 RSS

“If you give nature half a chance, it comes back very quickly.” - Ron Bula #rssmadison2024 RSS

My latest essay (w Emelie Peine) Inside Higher Ed encourages professors not to rural bash--nor assume that all rural students or those from "flyover states" are Trump supporters. We must create a culture of inclusion, belonging for #rural students, too. insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

Huge congratulations to two @wisalumni –– now 2024 MacArthur Fellows! –– Loka Ashwood (Loka Ashwood) PhD ’15 & Kevian Stassun, MS ’99, PhD ’00 for earning MacArthur Foundation ‘GENIUS Grants.' Proud to see our Badgers leading and inspiring globally. 🌍 macfound.org/programs/award…

✨CONGRATULATIONS #MacFellow Loka Ashwood✨, RSS Rural Studies Series Editorial Advisory Committee member, as well as coauthor of EMPTY FIELDS, EMPTY PROMISES: A State-by-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm, published in 2023.

Two Northwestern Alumni have been named 2024 MacArthur Fellows: Join us in congratulating Loka Ashwood '07 and Benjamin Van Mooy '95! 🎉 ▶️ macfound.org/programs/award… 📸 MacArthur Foundation #MacFellow

Aimee Imlay, remarkable scholar of rural poverty, and co-author of Empty Fields, Empty Promises. It is my honor to work with you.

Thrilled to congratulate our own Dr. Loka Ashwood, (Loka Ashwood) an associate sociology professor in UK Arts & Sciences, on being named a 2024 MacFellow MacArthur Foundation. Her research on the challenges faced by rural communities across America is inspiring and deeply important. The

Congratulations to Loka Ashwood (BSJ07) for being named a 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellow! Ashwood is a sociologist examining the intersection of environmental injustice, corporate and state power and anti-government sentiment in American rural communities: spr.ly/6016qAaUw

Amazing work by aimee imlay Imlay that analyzes the relationship between farm policy and rural poverty. She reports that rural people and small to mid-sized farmers have suffered, especially since changes in 2014. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

.Loka Ashwood is a sociologist and 2024 #MacFellow investigating the environmental and economic challenges facing rural communities in America. In this clip, she discusses her book, "For-Profit Democracy." Learn more about Loka ⬇️ macfound.org/fellows/class-…

Practitioners working on community-building might be interested in this excellent new IDS study that offers six strategies for building civic culture in tough times, based on interviews with civic catalysts across the globe.

The U.S. Treasury just gutted the Corporate Transparency Act. Beneficial owners seeking to hide their identities behind corporate paperwork can go back to doing it. Why do investors want to hide? Why is our government enabling it? forbes.com/sites/taxnotes…

Our newest digest highlights the work of Loka Ashwood, aimee imlay, Lindsay Kuehn, Allen Franco, and Danielle Diamond offering the first analysis and guide to the right-to-farm laws adopted by states across the country. ruralreconcile.org/ruralreview/em…