Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
14 October 2021
Big Sandy, Montana, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Quinn Organic Research Center sits at the hub of innovations slowly transforming farming culture away from industrial agriculture toward organic and regenerative strategies. Countering the decades-old "get big or get ...
17 August 2021
Iowa, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A few small towns in Iowa have seen an increase in their populations despite the opposite trend across the state. An investigation by IowaWatch of 58 towns showed the services and amenities that were common in those t...
12 August 2021
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Small towns in Ohio are turning to a developer to revitalize their main streets in order to bring residents and businesses back. Small Nation is the brainchild of a local developer who put his struggling town back on ...
30 June 2021
Spain
Text
Over 3000 Words
Urbanites get the taste of small-town living through an initiative that is bringing digital workers to the countryside. Rooral is tapping into the remote work market to increase rural development while connecting peop...
Reckon
Anna Claire Vollers
21 June 2021
Pickens County, Alabama, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
School Health Model for Academics Reaching All and Transforming Lives (SMART) clinics are school-based clinics that fill in rural healthcare gaps. SMART clinics are fully funded for three years and then must be self-s...
24 May 2021
Sri Lanka
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
New tactics are being implemented to prevent elephants from approaching farmland in Sri Lanka. Clashes between people and elephants have increased with the expansion of small farms encroaching into elephant habitats. ...
Dallas Free Press
Sujata Dand
28 April 2021
Waco, Texas, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A community-based grocery store is bringing nutritious and affordable food to residents in Waco, Texas. Jubilee Market is located in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood which previously lacked a grocery store. ...
26 April 2021
Commerce, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The decision to build an electric battery plant is already impacting the local economy and residents in a rural, conservative Georgia town. The project claims it will bring at least 2,600 jobs to the area. Rental prop...
20 April 2021
Zambia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Long distances and lack of transportation present steep obstacles to education, healthcare access, entrepreneurship, and economic mobility in general for Zambians. Onyx Connect is an initiative that provides affordabl...
20 April 2021
Zambia
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Onyx Connect sprang from the imagination of one entrepreneur who saw how poor roads and poverty made bicycles the only practical alternative to walking great distances in southern Zambia. Onyx sells sturdy bikes with ...
19 April 2021
Zambia
Video
3-5 Minutes
Bicycles are improving mobility for Zambians living in rural areas. Access to affordable bicycles has increased their business profits, drastically cut their travel time to school, and improved access to health facili...
El Colectivo 506
Mayela Lopez
16 April 2021
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Text
Over 3000 Words
Sustainable rural tourism on the Osa Peninsula has been combined with economic prosperity in a campaign known as Caminos de Osa. A mentorship program matches experts with local entrepreneurs to successfully set up tra...
Transitions Online
Lyudmila Maslova
13 April 2021
Andriyivka, Ukraine
Text
1500-3000 Words
A dairy cooperative in Ukraine has brought jobs to farmers in the region and allowed them to work together to sell their milk on the market. An international nonprofit helped the Andriyivka Prosperity cooperative get ...
10 April 2021
John Day, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Loggers and environmentalists aren’t always known for getting along, but the collaboration between these two groups in Oregon may have saved a town from going under. By creating a dialogue together and working to unde...
El Colectivo 506
Thomas Enderlin
9 April 2021
Costa Rica
Text
Over 3000 Words
A coast-to-coast hiking trail in Costa Rica is giving the rural economy a boost. Camino de Costa Rica is the brainchild of a cooperative effort between small businesses, nonprofits, and schools to support the rural to...
25 March 2021
Sokoto, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
A program in Sokoto State uses 300 ambulances to improve access to emergency care in rural areas, which has significantly improved maternal health outcomes. High costs, limited availability of transportation, and trad...
Christian Science Monitor
Howard LaFranchi
8 March 2021
El Salvador
Text
1500-3000 Words
Women are given the tools and training needed to monetize skills they already have in order to reduce food insecurity. From the Middle East to Africa and Central America, skills such as hammock weaving, cooking, and f...
3 March 2021
Okere City, Uganda
Text
800-1500 Words
Okere City, Uganda, has been rebuilt with a school, a marketplace, and solar-powered energy. Instead of treating the project as a charity, it was approached as a social enterprise that collaborates with the community....
19 February 2021
Delhi, India
Text
Under 800 Words
Evictions can have devastating effects on a student’s access to education, forcing some to drop out of school. In Delhi, a city in India, a school was built by students, community members, and volunteers using locally...
1 February 2021
Wales
Text
1500-3000 Words
A housing initiative in Wales is combining affordable housing with ecological sustainability. The One Planet Development policy (OPD) gives residents an exemption to stringent countryside planning laws if they commit ...
21 January 2021
Kampung Buayan, Borneo, Malaysia
Text
800-1500 Words
An indigenous-led nonprofit group called Tonibung installed a micro-hydro electrical system for a village deep in Borneo’s rainforests. The project not only supplied much-needed energy for the villagers of Kampung Bua...
4 January 2021
India
Text
800-1500 Words
Smartphones and cheap data are enabling Indian women, even those who never learned how to read and write, to access new networks and markets. Voice memos and images shared via apps like WhatsApp make accessing informa...
31 December 2020
China
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Chinese government is providing money, livestock, and better homes to successfully help break the cycle of poverty. $700 billion in loans and grants have gone toward the rural poverty alleviation program in additi...
29 December 2020
Ontario, Ohio, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The city of Ontario, Ohio, redeveloped the site of a former General Motors plant in an endeavor to bring back jobs. Extensive cleanup, construction, and collective action resulted in a clean facility and a bright futu...
14 December 2020
Clearfork Valley, Kentucky, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Community advocates in Clearfork Valley created their own public internet hotspot to bridge the digital divide, especially as the pandemic rendered high-speed internet more of a necessity than a luxury. Broadband comp...
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