Renew Rural America: Strategies for Revitalizing Our Communities
Small Business
The Strategy: The most effective and desirable economic development strategy for many rural communities is small entrepreneurship – development based on locally owned and owner-operated small businesses.
The SMALL BUSINESS section lays out the key avenues to creating meaningful business opportunities in our communities.
Community Development
The Strategy: Communities that invest in themselves can better keep and attract the people who energize communities and create new businesses.
The COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT section includes resources for community leaders, inspiring ideas and detailed examples of how other communities are succeeding within this realm.
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Farming Opportunities
The Strategy: New farmers are finding new markets(natural and organic meat, vegetables for local and regional markets and organic grains and milk) and that can help revitalize our rural communities by creating economic opportunity, bringing people back to our communities and children back to our schools.
Getting started, however, is no easy task. The FARMING OPTIONS section offers resources, ideas, strategies and insights for new farmers and those interested in encouraging the comeback of the family farm.