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Welcome! On this website you will find stories of everyday people making a difference in their rural communities. The stories here are of farmers, artists, business owners, community leaders, non-profit organizers, youth and others who are living, working and playing in ways that benefit their families, their communities, and future generations. Read these stories and find ideas, hope and inspiration.

ON THIS SITE YOU CAN:
  • browse the hundreds of stories in our database by TOPIC or REGION to find specific stories of interest to you sorted by location and topic area.
  • check out our RESOURCE SECTION to find information and assistance for developing your own success story.
  • visit our STORE to purchase Renewing the Countryside books. 

RTC Happenings:

New! Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook Release

Local Food Hero Radio Show, Saturdays @1pm

Homegrown Heartland Cooking Stage at Living Green Expo May 3-4th

Renewing the Countryside Wisconsin Book Release

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FEATURED STORIES
Showcase West virginia
Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As an example, after a friend phoned and encouraged her to explore an old farmhouse in Braxton County where a couple had lived out their lives without electricity or gas, she found herself captivated by the front door.
Scherping Family Dairy Farm
Rick and June Scherping have merged quality of life for their family, profitability of their farm and stewardship of the land into a complete whole.
Moonlight Meadow Farm
Chardon, Ohio . "What business enables you to be around the cutest animals on earth all day and run a financially viable enterprise?" rhetorically asks Donna Christley, co-owner of Moonlight Meadow Farm in Chardon, Ohio. Her enthusiastic reply: alpacas. "Folks tend to get hooked on alpacas from the first time they look into their big eyes and touch their fluffy fiber and, if you approach things smartly with a business plan in hand from the start, these wondrous animals can bring in a steady income stream, from breeding to fiber to agri-tourism opportunities."
Earthen Path Organic Farm
On 14 acres in the hill and coulee country above the Mississippi River in southeastern Minnesota, a seasonal dance with the forces of nature takes place.
Bert Raney Elementary 3rd Grade
Third graders in Pam Betheldson's class do not learn about science and nature simply from books. They go on frog hunts at nature centers to learn about their ecosystem hands-on.
 

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