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Field Notes: The Sting of Studying Local Food Webs

By Joe Brehm, Environmental Education Director

Though ours is one of the most benign natural regions in the world – few venomous creatures, mild climate, etc. ... Read More

True Pigments Seeks Volunteers

True Pigments, a social enterprise of Rural Action, needs a little help harvesting iron sludge from Pine Run and the Truetown Discharge site ... Read More

CPA’s Pie Day will Benefit Farm to School Project

While many people think of March 14 as “Pi Day,” Chesterhill Produce Auction’s “Pie Day” will be on Oct. 11 with a celebration of tasty ... Read More

Explore our Region With Appalachian Understories

Rural Action has launched a new social enterprise designed to teach residents and tourists about the rich history and biodiversity of Appalachian Ohio while providing ... Read More

Sustainability Award Logo and Photos from Past Year

John Glazer Continues to Inspire our Work

This year, Rural Action awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously for only the second time in recognition of the work of a truly brilliant, passionate ... Read More

AmeriCorps Service Leads to Full-Time Job

AmeriCorps member Matt Ledford just spent an August morning power snaking a doser, a device that adjusts the pH of water tainted by Acid Mine ... Read More

Field Notes: Windmills and Desert Hares

Photo by Jim Harper, CC BY-SA 2.5

This Field Note is by Hazel Escobedo, AmeriCorps Member, Environmental Education

I wandered around the fifth-grade classroom, ... Read More

Amy Lipka Is Rural Action’s New Development Director

Amy Lipka returned to Rural Action in 2021 as the Development Director. She began her non-profit career in 1998 when she joined Rural ... Read More

UpCycle Ohio Thrift Exceeding Expectations

UpCycle Ohio Thrift Store is thriving. Want proof? Just spend some time scrolling through the store’s Instagram feed, where ... Read More

Sustainability Award Logo and Photos from Past Year

Nelsonville Emporium Turns Over a New Leaf

Jennifer L’Heureux and Jen Seifert are in the Nelsonville Emporium, looking over a blueprint for a new social enterprise that combines their entrepreneurial zeal ... Read More


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Alexandria Polanosky | Media and Communications Director | 740-677-4047 ext. 140 | alexandria@ruralaction.org