Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.

“Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which gives aspiring farmers a place to experiment without risk.

Disaster Preparedness (Still) Isn’t Accessible in Rural America

Hurricane Maria along with many other climate-change related calamities have changed the landscape of what disaster planning strategies for Disabled people look like and calls into question what safeguards are in place to ensure Disabled people are not abandoned once again.

Here’s Why Rural Accessible Transit Sucks (And Why That Matters for the Climate)

Rural and remote parts of the country are frequently forgotten because of issues with available paratransit, including the complete lack of services in some areas.

Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it

Residents of a Pennsylvania town took on a beef processor after its waste polluted their wells. They won — but little may change.

Disability-Led Rural Climate Initiatives that are Making Change

How data centers pose a unique threat to Pacific Northwest tribes

First crypto, now data centers: How tech is reshaping this North Carolina community

Cryptocurrency mines are being repurposed to power the AI boom, sparking a regional backlash.

‘Keystone Light’: These Wyoming oil tycoons are reviving the controversial pipeline

The Trump administration is rushing to approve a 650-mile pipeline to bring oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S.

Hurricane Helene shattered lives — and the systems that keep people sober

Recovery from substance use disorder requires community. What happens when a disaster tears that apart?

Helene frayed the safety net for people who use drugs. This community wove it back together.

Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst. But what about the next emergency?