Roundup: July 28, 2021
Recent Publications
Maria Andrea Escobar (UC Merced, Sociology) published Liminal Belonging in El Nuevo South: The Geographies of Inclusion and Exclusion for Hispanic Young Adults within Northwest Arkansas in Rural Sociology.
Ann M. Eisenberg (South Carolina, Law) published Transitions in Energy Communities in The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law.
Michelle Baumflek (USDA Forest Service), Karim-Aly Kassam (Cornell, Natural Resources & Environment), Clare Ginger (Vermont, Natural Resources), and Marla R. Emery (USDA Forest Service) published Incorporating Biocultural Approaches in Forest Management: Insights from a Case Study of Indigenous Plant Stewardship in Maine, USA and New Brunswick, Canada in Society & Natural Resources.
Melissa M. Kreye (Penn State, Forest Management), Damian C. Adams (Florida, Forest Resources), Jose R. Soto (Arizona, Natural Resources), Sophia Tanner (USDA ERS), and Renata Rimsaite (Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute - Nebraska) published Economic and Ethnical Motivations for Forest Restoration and Incentive Payments in Society & Natural Resources.
Shane Francis Conway, John McDonagh, and Maura Farrell (all of NUI Galway, Geography) and Anne Kinsella (Teagasc) published Going Against the Grain: Unravelling the Habitus of Older Farmers to Help Facilitate Generational Renewal in Agriculture in Sociologia Ruralis.
Christopher Ali (Virginia, Media Studies) published The Legacy of the Rural Electrification Act and the Promise of Rural Broadband in Law & Political Economy.
News & Commentary
In a series of articles entitled Harvesting Peril: Extreme Weather and Climate Change on the American Farm, Inside Climate News explores the relationship between farming (and farm lobby efforts) and climate change.
Caroline Tremblay published Radically Rural: The Rush to Rural-What Comes Next? in The Daily Yonder.
Jerry Hagstrom and Christ Clayton published an overview of a foreign land ownership ban added to a recent congressional appropriations bill in Bill Would Ban Chinese Land Ownership in Progressive Farmer.
Ali Watkins published Rural Ambulance Crews Have Run Out of Money and Volunteers in The New York Times.
Tim Marema published After Strong Opposition, OMB Rejects Change in Metropolitan Definition in The Daily Yonder.
David Bauder and Anthony Izaguirre published a piece on the U.S. Postal Service and community newspapers for the Associated Press.
Sarah Parvini published Wealth, Class, and Remote Work Reshape California’s New Boomtowns as People Flee Big Cites in the Los Angeles Times.
Paul Brennan published Iowa’s Dirty Water is Getting Worse in Little Village.
In Seeking Support for Stress Management in Rural America, Liz Stewart summarizes sources of stress for farmers and ranchers and provides information on stress management resources.
David Pitt reports for The Associated Press on a federal appeals court ruling on a rule allowing for sale of 15% ethanol gasoline blend in the summer months in Court Strikes Trump EPA Rules for Full-year 15% Ethanol Sales.