Connor Barnes brings his butchering craft straight to small-time livestock farmers via a custom-made box truck, a relief to many in a consolidated industry.

Iowa elected officials are preparing to trash 60% of the state’s historical archives with no transparency or input from the public.

Maryland’s blue crab workers exercise agency even in systems that extract maximum value from their labor and minimize their presence.

The Long-Time Union Organizer Leading a New Wave of Rural Organizing “When people work together across differences it’s good for the community” ...

What You Can Do to Save the Birds An Ohio artist’s bold project is a timely reminder of what we can do to protect birds—and ourselves ...

Joel Bleifuss is Barn Raiser Editor & Publisher and Board President of Barn Raising Media Inc. He is a descendent of German and Scottish farmers who immigrated to Wisconsin and South Dakota in the ...

This six-part series on rural immigrant experiences draws from Thurka Sangaramoorthy’s research for her book Landscapes of Care: Immigration and Health in Rural America, which examines health care in ...

Grocery co-ops help democratize food access in food deserts. Now they could take off in communities across rural and small town America.

The billionaire-led push to siphon public funds to private religious schools faces a backlash from rural voters who make up the GOP base.

For Iriel Edwards, movements of food and racial justice are key to connecting people with ancestral and deep ecological knowledge.

American family farmers have been left holding the bag from the corporate-driven anti–family farm policies of the last 60 years.

A green energy push is bringing millions of dollars to Michigan’s rural communities. But not everyone is pleased.