Roundup: April 15, 2022
Recent Publications
Tyler Hemby, Marc Stern, Michael Sorice, and Stephen Prisley (all Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech) recently published Exploring the Role of Community-Level Factors in the Adoption of Conservation Easements: A Virginia Case Study in Society & Natural Resources.
Jean Hardy (Media and Information, Michigan State) published The Rural Information Penalty as part of iConference 2022: Information for a Better World: Shaping the Global Future.
Emily Duncan (Geography Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph), Sarah Rotz (Environmental and Urban Change, York University), André Magnan (Sociology and Social Studies, University of Regina), Kelly Bronson (Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa) published Disciplining Land Through Data: The Role of Agricultural Technologies in Farmland Assetisation in Sociologia Ruralis.
Jon Barnett (Geography, University of Melbourne) has recently published Global Environmental Change III: Political Economies of Adaptation to Climate Change in Progress in Human Geography. This piece is the third is a series analyzing climate change and focuses on climate change adaptation through a political economy lens.
Levi Van Sant (Integrative Studies, George Mason), Laura German (Anthropology, University of Georgia), and Daniel J. Read (Center for Environment Science, University of Maryland) published A ‘Cultural Transformation’ at the US Department of Agriculture?: Examining Racial (In)equality Through Federal Farmland Protection Programs in Georgia in The Journal of Peasant Studies.
Rebecca Glauber (Sociology, University of New Hampshire) recently published Rural Depopulation and the Rural-Urban Gap in Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults in The Journal of Rural Health. Legal Ruralism recently summarized this piece.
Farzad Taheripour (Agricultural Economics, Purdue University), Harry Baumes (National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy), and Wallace E. Tyner (Agricultural Economics, Purdue University) recently published Economic Impacts of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard: An Ex-Post Evaluation in Frontiers in Energy Research. This article explores the extent to which the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has driven biofuel production over time.
Christine Whitt, Jessica E. Tood, and Andrew Keller (all USDA) recently published Financial Health Indicators for Family Farms Show a Mixed Picture During the 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
Principles or Practice? The Impact of Natural Resource Management on Farmer Well-being and Social Connectedness by Kimberly Brown (Health and Medicine, The Australian National University), Philip J. Batterham (Health and Medicine, The Australian National University), Jacki Schirmer (Health, University of Canberra), and Penney Upton (Health, University of Canberra) was recently published in Society & Natural Resources.
Randall Akee (Public Affairs, UCLA) published Economic Outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in the United States Following The Great Recession in Focus on Poverty.
The USDA recently published a piece on Resources for Rural Entrepreneurs.
News & Commentary
Shawn Sebastian published a piece on a new initiative of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau focused on financial issues facing rural communities.
Forbes recently published an article entitled Transforming Rural Communities Through BIPOC Homeownership sponsored by Partners for Rural Transformation.
Julia Simon published Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States for NPR.
Rethinking Rural: Leveraging Community Assets by Investing in People and Places by Partners for Rural Transformation was recently published in Forbes.
The Daily Yonder published a piece on rural employment data by Bill Bishop.
Laurel Farrer published 4 Reasons Rural Destinations Are Winning in the Great Relocation in Forbes.
NPR’s All Things Considered recently discussed contaminants from fertilizer and rural clean water.
Nichola Groom published a piece on U.S. solar expansion and rural land-use protests for Reuters.
Events & Recordings
USDA recently held a webinar on how to research and use ERS data. A recording is available here.
The National Conference of State Legislature’s Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee will be presenting its Spring Webinar Series. Topics include energy resilience, safe roads, and school bus electrification. More information and registration is available here.
On Thursday, April 7th Agri-Pulse hosted a webinar exploring how investing in the power grid can create more rural jobs. More information is available here.
On April 11th Georgia Organics presented Challenges and Opportunities for Transformation: Womxn in GA Agriculture. More information is available here.