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The Center for Rural Affairs newsletter surveys national events affecting Rural America. Special sections include an in-depth feature article, a community revitalization column, and many short, newsy pieces of general interest.

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January 2007 Newsletter  Feature: Center for Rural Affairs Annual Report

December 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Top 10 Reasons Community Development Is Hard to DO!

November 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Renewable Energy Examined

October 2006 Newsletter  Feature: SOS No Lifeline for Nebraska

September 2006 Newsletter  Features: Higher Education and Rural America / Farm Transfer and Estate Planning

August 2006 Newsletter  Features: New Initiative for Beginning Farmers / Connecting with Local Food

July 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Research and the 2007 Farm Bill

June 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Conservation and the 2007 Farm Bill

May 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Rural Development and the 2007 Farm Bill

April 2006 Newsletter  Features: Case for a New Farm Bill / HomeTown Competitiveness Program

March 2006 Newsletter  Features: President's 2007 Budget / Getting Help on the Ground

February 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Center's Annual Gathering

January 2006 Newsletter  Feature: Building Hope in an Uncertain Age, CFRA Annual Report

December 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Small Business and Health Care

November 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Making the Federal Value Added Program Better

October 2005 Newsletter  Feature: 2007 Farm Bill a Critical Crossroads for Rural America

September 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Building Wealth in Rural Communities: New Homestead Act

August 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Impacts of Social Security Reform on Rural America

July 2005 Newsletter  Features: Asset Building & Rural Housing/NE Legislative Wrap-up

June 2005 Newsletter  Feature: SACI, Weakening Rural Communities

May 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Making Money the Value Added Way

April 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Reopening the Farm Bill: Myth and Reality

March 2005 Newsletter  Feature: President's FY2006 Budget Analyzed

February 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Thomas Frank to Speak at Center's Annual Gathering

January 2005 Newsletter  Feature: Open Letter to Secretary of Agriculture

December 2004 Newsletter  Features: Fresh Promises Report/Asset Building and Rural Credit

November 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Listening to Nebraska: the Results of the Listening Sessions

October 2004 Newsletter  Features: Transition to Organic Made Easier/Vote with Your Food Dollar

September 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Health Care in Rural America: Part II

August 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Health Care in Rural America: Part I

July 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Conservation Security Program Underway at Last

June 2004 Newsletter  Features: 2004 Nebraska Legislative Session: A Review

May 2004 Newsletter  Feature: 2004 Nebraska Legislative Session: A Review

April 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Completing the Rural Development Puzzle

March 2004 Newsletter  Feature: State of Rural America

February 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Clearing the Record on Initiative 300

January 2004 Newsletter  Feature: Breaking New Ground: Carbon Management at the Farm Scale

December 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Initiative 300 and Rural Communities

November 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America: Role of State Policy

October 2003 Newsletter  Features: Attitudes about Credit, Crop Insurance, and Sustainable Agriculture/Overcoming Rural Entrepreneurial Challenges with Support

September 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Nebraska Ag Study Does Not Support its Conclusions on I-300

August 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- A New Kind of Regional Cooperative

July 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Swept Away, Chronic Hardship and Fresh Promise on the Rural Great Plains

June 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- Making Communities
Desirable Places to Live

May 2003 Newsletter  Feature: No Rural Child Left Behind: The Importance of Rural Education

April 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- The Role of Land Grant Universities

March 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- Family Farms and Ranches Can Benefit From Niche Markets

February 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Cope with Drought/Risky Rural Development Strategy

January 2003 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- Rural Economic Development Depends on Small Entrepreneurship

December 2002 Newsletter  Feature: Strategies to Revitalize Rural America -- A Federal Rural Policy

November 2002 Newsletter  Feature: HOPE vs Despair in Community Revitalization

October 2002 Newsletter  Features: Rural Equity Collaborative / Nebraska Special Legislative Session

September 2002 Newsletter  Features:  Congress and Rural America / Analysis of Small Business Support

August 2002 Newsletter   Feature: REAP Women's Business Center -- Year in Review

For information about previous editions of the newsletter, contact Marie Powell, mariep@cfra.org .

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