Rural America

Rural Business Weekly News February 7, 2009

February 7, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Small Business, ending February 7, 2009: What The New York Times has to say this week may not be news to most of us in rural America. But odds are, it’s new information to most Americans and their fantasy [...]

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Rural America’s Economic Research Service

February 3, 2009

It’s important to understand where statistics about rural America come from, because those statistics influence the funding and governmental programs we see in our communities. One of the sources of statistics on rural communities is The Economic Research Service, which is an arm of the US Department of Agriculture, measuring the economics of food, farming, [...]

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The President’s Agenda for Rural America

January 29, 2009

You can read a one-page summary of President Obama’s’ agenda for Rural America now posted on the White House website. The agenda addresses three areas: economic opportunities for family farmers, rural economic development and rural quality of life. “Rural communities face numerous challenges but also economic opportunities unlike anything we have witnessed in modern history. [...]

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Rural Business Optimism in Rural America

January 21, 2009

Yesterday I awoke excited about Inauguration Day, knowing that President Obama will create much change in America, and hopefully many opportunities for Rural Business. I think a lot of other people woke up feeling the same way, because our web orders were triple yesterday what they usually are on a daily basis. Today’s web sales [...]

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Entrepreneurship: No Wonder We’re In Trouble

January 18, 2009

I found an ‘Entrepreneur Quiz’ at CNN this week, a short eight question survey called ‘’Do You Have What it Takes?“ The purpose of the quiz is to help you determine what your natural aptitude at entrepreneurship might be. It is based on the research of a Harvard professor, successful corporate executives and management consultants. [...]

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Rural Business Weekly News 01/17/09

January 17, 2009

Here are a few interesting blogs and online articles published this week that relate to Rural Business, ending January 17, 2009: Handmade toy makers, doll makers, fiber artists and seamstresses need to keep careful watch over the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act becoming law next month. Here’s a little bit of news specifically about the [...]

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The Skinny on Rural Broadband

January 12, 2009

As we look forward to the inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama we don’t know much about how the needs of rural America will be addressed in his economic stimulus plan. We do know that the plan will contain some funds to increase internet broadband access in rural America. Three recent online articles to read [...]

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The Ordinary Qualities of Rural Life

January 11, 2009

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed in these two: common-sense and perseverance.  Owen Feltham