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Rural Futures Lab: RUPRI Policy News: Rural Health Care
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Wednesday, November 7, 2012. RUPRI Policy News: Rural Health Care. By Jocelyn Richgels, RUPRI. Associate Director, Policy Programs. Each report was undertaken to respond to different charges from policymaking bodies. However, both reports addressed geographic variability in health care across this country, albeit for different purposes. The f...
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Rural Futures Lab: March 2012
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, March 26, 2012. A Way Home: Creating Pathways with Community Internships. By Darryl Birkenfeld, Director, Ogallala Commons. In 2002, after 30 years away, I moved back to the Texas village where I grew up. While I was fulfilling my dream of living “back where I came from,” I returned to my hometown without a job in hand. At Ogallala Co...
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Rural Futures Lab: January 2013
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Homeward Bound in Holt County, Nebraska. Homeward Bound in Holt County, Nebraska. Jeff Yost, President and CEO, Nebraska Community Foundation. Small towns. Sometimes the experts get it wrong. In many small towns across Nebraska, people are learning how to increase prosperity by building on their own assets. Five yea...
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Rural Futures Lab: Superheroes in training: Envisioning a new future for agriculture
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, December 3, 2012. Superheroes in training: Envisioning a new future for agriculture. By Melissa L. Lamberton, research assistant at. Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Introduction to the Superheroes in Training series. Stefen Gailans is a Superhero in Training. Photo courtesy of the Leopold Center). The Leopold Center is pro...
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Rural Futures Lab: October 2012
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, October 29, 2012. Pairing local foods with innovative investing. By Jan Joannides, Executive Director, Renewing the Countryside. As little as five years ago, when Renewing the Countryside was promoting local farmers and a sustainable food system in Minnesota, people asked: Is there really a demand for local foods? Even if we wanted to...
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Rural Futures Lab: The Youngest Guy in the Room
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, November 12, 2012. The Youngest Guy in the Room. By Warren Vaughan, Senior Planner for a county development district in SW Montana. A community meeting in SW Montana. And through all of it, one very personal fact is always apparent to me: I am the youngest guy in the room. The author and his daughter. As someone who is directly involv...
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Rural Futures Lab: The Rural Differential: Drilling down into the data
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, November 19, 2012. The Rural Differential: Drilling down into the data. By Kathy Miller, RUPRI. We are introducing a new monthly blog post that will focus on "the rural differential". Each month, we will focus on a particular social, economic, or demographic indicator and examine what the data shows us about rural America. Found that ...
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Rural Futures Lab: November 2012
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Monday, November 19, 2012. The Rural Differential: Drilling down into the data. By Kathy Miller, RUPRI. We are introducing a new monthly blog post that will focus on "the rural differential". Each month, we will focus on a particular social, economic, or demographic indicator and examine what the data shows us about rural America. Found that ...
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Rural Futures Lab: September 2012
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A bi-weekly blog from the Rural Futures Lab. We feature our own blogs as well as guest writers. Check out our website at ruralfutureslab.org or like us on Facebook! Tuesday, September 4, 2012. One year at the Rural Futures Lab blog. By Jennifer Jensen, RUPRI. Research Analyst, Rural Futures Lab. I have been managing this blog for just over one year (happy birthday, RFL blog! And I wanted to take a break from our usual programming to take a look back at. our usual programming. Rural youth and young adults.
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Rural Support Partners | Leadership Development
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Ongoing Support for Rural Leaders. At Rural Support Partners, we understand many of the challenges that rural non-profit leaders face. We work to strengthen the capacity of rural leaders, ensure smooth executive transitions, and support the next generation of rural leaders through our Rural Fellowship Program. We provide Rural Fellows with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop professional networks, and learn the values, history, and philosophy upholding rural community work. In return...