Local government officials, economic development leaders and housing personnel gathered at Northeastern Junior College’s ...

FDA budget now before Congress. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request was submitted to Congress. On ...

When India launched the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) in 2011, under the Ministry of Rural Development, it did so with an ambitious objective: to tackle multidimensional poverty by enabling ...

One of the metrics of telling how rural a Maine town is is how close it is to a Hannaford Supermarket. Credit: Leela Stockley / BDN Composite At the Bangor Daily News, we spend most of our time ...

There are numerous challenges to providing high quality STEM education and workforce development in rural areas. Recognizing these challenges, the National Academies was directed to undertake a ...

MAKING A HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN RURAL HEALTHCARE: Today, President Donald J. Trump celebrated the largest ever investment in rural healthcare, enacted in his signature Working Families Tax Cuts Act.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday announced former state Rep. Troy Romero’s appointment as Louisiana’s state director for rural development, where he’ll lead efforts to secure resources ...

Once considered the domain of urban tech hubs and university labs, makerspaces have quietly found fertile ground in rural communities. These collaborative spaces are reshaping how rural residents ...

National providers like Spectrum, T-Mobile, Starlink, and Hughesnet offer cable, 5G, and satellite solutions. Regional providers such as Frontier, AT&T, Rise Broadband, and Ziply Fiber are expanding ...

ABSTRACT: Context: It is well documented that a successful agricultural transformation is crucial for the economic progression of nations. While regions like Asia and Latin America have witnessed ...

Ten rural Georgia counties will receive a combined $8 million as part of the state’s second round of grants in an initiative to develop rural sites, Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week. The grants are ...

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...