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Harvesting Blueberries and Growing Connections Through Farm to School

By: Lou Helenberger

On a hot sunny day in early July, members of the Sustainable Agriculture team picked 100 pounds of fresh blueberries at Stacy Family Farm in Marietta, ... Read More

A Day When Everyone Gets A Piece of the Pie

By: Shane Benton

On a sunny mid-October afternoon at the Chesterhill Produce Auction (CPA), as farmers deliver their bounty, a crowd of nearly 100 people gather to the side of the ... Read More

Growing Leaders from the Ground Up: Rural Action’s Workforce Development Program

By: Sadie Meade

Over the past three years, Rural Action’s Workforce Development Program has developed a model of possibility in Appalachian Ohio. What began as a pilot effort to bridge the ... Read More

Rural Action is a membership-based nonprofit organization based in Appalachian Ohio. Since 1991, our mission has been to build a more just economy by developing the region’s assets in environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways.