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.

Vivian La, Grist

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.

Sonali Gupta, Disabled Journalists Association

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.

Shruti Rajkumar, Disabled Journalists Association

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.

Maddy Lauria, Grist

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