Rural areas aren’t always the bucolic utopias that city dwellers envision them to be, explains Boudicca - Rii Schroer/John Lawrence In the classic fable of the country mouse and the town mouse, the ...

There’s Something to that ‘People Are Moving Out To The Country’ Thing. At Least in Some Places. Those of us in rural demographic data analysis and policy circles had an exciting week, as the most ...

Living in the country may be good for your respiratory health, according to a study conducted in Scotland, which suggests that rural as opposed to urban dwelling is associated with a lower prevalence ...

Social media influencers are using their platforms to share more than just aesthetic glimpses at ag life — they’re educating followers about rural realities, farm work and what it truly means to live ...

Readers wax poetic on town and country, plus menopause treatments and 50-year mortgages. Following Keith Moore’s Nov. 10 online op-ed, “How different are urban and rural Americans? Take our quiz to ...

Those of us who grew up in a rural environment refer to it as livin’ in the country. “Bless your heart” and “we’re fixin’ to make supper,” are just a couple of rural-isms we former country dwellers ...

'My Country Corner' is an Instagram account that shares memes about what it describes as farmhouse-style living. You know—cracked leather boots, ever-multiplying hay bales, arguing with your cattle ...

Back in the late 1960s, Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor co-starred in a TV sitcom called “Green Acres.” Albert and Gabor played a couple who’d moved from a New York City penthouse to a run-down farm in the ...

Some rural residents are relative newcomers who might be unprepared for challenges such as noxious weeds that can poison livestock. They might not understand that they’re responsible for the quality ...

Stephan Weiler receives funding from the US Economic Development Administration. He is affiliated with the Regional Economic Development Institute (REDI@CSU). Tessa Conroy receives funding from the ...

If you’re not a psychiatric epidemiologist or a mental health historian, it is doubtful that you’ve heard of Stirling County, Nova Scotia. And for good reason. Stirling Country, Nova Scotia, doesn’t ...

In Matthew Roach's two years as vital statistics manager for the Arizona Department of Health Services, and 10 years previously in its epidemiology program, he has witnessed a trend in mortality rates ...