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Rachel Granstra is a young mom and business owner living with her husband, Brennan, and twin daughters in northwest Iowa. She’s been in the region her whole life, benefiting from growing up in a tight-knit rural setting in a faith-centered home. She always knew she wanted to follow in her mother’s footsteps and be able to stay home with her … [More...]
Courtesy photo - Madeline Moore (left) and Rethinking Rural colleagues Denise Pranger and Malloree Weinheimer came together to help rural millennials throughout the U.S. connect. She was a go-getter growing up in her small town. A straight-A … [More...]
Before Sam Lillie founded a rural startup, he took a hike. It was a five-month, 2,653-mile hike to be exact, down the Pacific Crest trail … [Read More...]
Students in West Virginia testing local water as part of their Simulated Workplace curriculum. | Photo courtesy West Virginia Department of … [Read More...]
With tourism growing, many rural areas are working to capitalize on humanity’s wanderlust. Travel and tourism generates $7.6 trillion globally and … [Read More...]
Rachel Granstra is a young mom and business owner living with her husband, Brennan, and twin daughters in northwest Iowa. She’s been in the region her whole life, benefiting from growing up in a tight-knit rural setting in a faith-centered home. She … [Listen...]
Kristin Thompson’s passion for plants and the empowerment of growing her own food started from a young age and has been calling her ever since. She … [Read More...]
Specialty Cheese Company is headquartered at a former high school in Reeseville, Wisc., population 679. The company is innovative in its growth and … [Read More...]
Around 50 rural millennials converged on Port Townsend, Wash. for the first in a series of Rethinking Rural symposiums. Madeline Moore is a young … [Read More...]
