Revitalizing Rural America, the Role of Food and Agriculture

Posted by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on June 14, 2010

Kat Vann, who runs our communications and development office at Main Street Project just sent me an article that poked some good wholes at the national and global fabric of our understanding of how the food and agriculture industry is organized. I also find it fascinating that despite so much information and knowledge in this aspect of our rural economies, small towns continue to be ran based on policies that invest local resources to outsource our food from foreign producers while our farmer neighbors itching to be part of our food system stand and watch.

This article will shed light on critical issues we need to understand about rural economies and engaging our most important assets, I find it factually accurate and intellectually challenges us to think and research further how we approach wealth creation and the role of food and agriculture in economic rural revitalization.