Deep Roots 1 — the Harrop-Procter Community Forest storyDecember 11, 2018-Harrop-Procter Community Forest, located on the rugged eastern shore of Kootenay Lake's West Arm, is one of Canada's most innovative — and intriguing — community forest operations. Harrop-Procter Community Forest's 11,300 Continue reading
Successful BC Farmers’ Market FarmersDecember 3, 2018-In partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, the BC Association of Farmers' Markets has developed a resource guide to highlight successful farmers' market farmers, and communicate their best Continue reading
Youth Exodus to Art Epicentre?November 1, 2018-What kind of future should a struggling rural town choose? In the town of Green River, Utah, population 950, a nonprofit called Epicenter aims to use art and architecture to Continue reading
Young City Couple “Escape the City”!July 16, 2018-Rochelle and Jean-Michel Longval are typical young urbanites. Or are they? Both are professionals. They have no children, an extremely cute dog named Geo, and a nice home in a Continue reading
Highlands & Islands Enterprise — Prickly ThistleJune 1, 2018-Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is an ambitious Scottish organization with a unique mandate, one that successfully integrates economic and community development in rural northern Scotland. HIE, which celebrates its Continue reading
By Their Own Hands — St. Andrews, Nova ScotiaMay 1, 2018-Building on the legacy of pioneering Scottish and, later, Dutch immigrants, St. Andrews, Nova Scotia, a rural agricultural community, has been able to muster active and enthusiastic volunteers for a Continue reading
Farmers Have a Future — Lindsey ShuteFebruary 1, 2018- Farmers have a future. At least according to Lindsey Lusher Shute, Executive Director and co-founder of the National Young Farmers' Coalition, (NYFC) a membership-based organization dedicated to the success Continue reading
Local Manufacturing Big in Rural AmericaJanuary 12, 2018-Local manufacturing matters in rural America, employing more than 3.5 million workers. As rural America’s second largest sector, manufacturing employs 14% of rural civilian employees and produces 15% of total Continue reading
Deep Roots 2 — the Harrop-Procter Community Forest Story December 11, 2018 - Of the over 50 community forests in British Columbia, only one — in tiny Harrop-Procter, located on the rugged eastern shore of Kootenay Lake's West Arm — has its own Continue reading 
Deep Roots 1 — the Harrop-Procter Community Forest story December 11, 2018 - Harrop-Procter Community Forest, located on the rugged eastern shore of Kootenay Lake's West Arm, is one of Canada's most innovative — and intriguing — community forest operations. Harrop-Procter Community Forest's 11,300 Continue reading 
Successful BC Farmers’ Market Farmers December 3, 2018 - In partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, the BC Association of Farmers' Markets has developed a resource guide to highlight successful farmers' market farmers, and communicate their best Continue reading 
Youth Exodus to Art Epicentre? November 1, 2018 - What kind of future should a struggling rural town choose? In the town of Green River, Utah, population 950, a nonprofit called Epicenter aims to use art and architecture to Continue reading 
Young City Couple “Escape the City”! July 16, 2018 - Rochelle and Jean-Michel Longval are typical young urbanites. Or are they? Both are professionals. They have no children, an extremely cute dog named Geo, and a nice home in a Continue reading 
Highlands & Islands Enterprise — Prickly Thistle June 1, 2018 - Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is an ambitious Scottish organization with a unique mandate, one that successfully integrates economic and community development in rural northern Scotland. HIE, which celebrates its Continue reading 
By Their Own Hands — St. Andrews, Nova Scotia May 1, 2018 - Building on the legacy of pioneering Scottish and, later, Dutch immigrants, St. Andrews, Nova Scotia, a rural agricultural community, has been able to muster active and enthusiastic volunteers for a Continue reading 
Cormac Russell Explains Asset-Based Community Development May 1, 2018 - Cormac Russell is Managing director of Nurture Development, one of eleven strategic partners of the ABCD Institute, and the lead partner in Europe. Russell and his Nurture Development colleagues have worked as Continue reading 
Farmers Have a Future — Lindsey Shute February 1, 2018 - Farmers have a future. At least according to Lindsey Lusher Shute, Executive Director and co-founder of the National Young Farmers' Coalition, (NYFC) a membership-based organization dedicated to the success Continue reading 
Local Manufacturing Big in Rural America January 12, 2018 - Local manufacturing matters in rural America, employing more than 3.5 million workers. As rural America’s second largest sector, manufacturing employs 14% of rural civilian employees and produces 15% of total Continue reading