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Category: Features

CSA boxes get people buying fresh from farms, but will customer convenience hurt the mission?
ConnectionsFeatures

CSA boxes get people buying fresh from farms, but will customer convenience hurt the mission?

May 5, 2026May 28, 2026

Harvest Public Media | By Hope KirwanPublished May 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM CDT Community-supported agriculture has been a popular way for…

Tumbleweeds can be so bad in the Great Plains that they bury homes and cause fire danger
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Tumbleweeds can be so bad in the Great Plains that they bury homes and cause fire danger

April 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Harvest Public Media | By Calen MoorePublished March 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM CDT Tumbleweeds have taken over the High Plains. They…

High school yearbooks focus on the fun students had, obscuring the pain people also experienced
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High school yearbooks focus on the fun students had, obscuring the pain people also experienced

April 27, 2026May 28, 2026

The Salinas High School (Calif.) girls volleyball team from 1924, as seen in the school’s yearbook, ‘El Gabilan.’ Michael A.…

45 Degrees North: Potholes, Patches, and Rural Road Repairs
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45 Degrees North: Potholes, Patches, and Rural Road Repairs

April 23, 2026May 28, 2026

by Donna Kallner, The Daily Yonder April 23, 2026 Visitors to the Dairy State often admire our roads. Most, even…

Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g’s, English isn’t decaying before our eyes
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Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g’s, English isn’t decaying before our eyes

April 21, 2026May 28, 2026

Fear not: There isn’t anything that needs saving. LisaStrachan/iStock via Getty Images Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno As…

Half of All Rural Counties Are Losing Population. What Is Contributing to Those Declines?
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Half of All Rural Counties Are Losing Population. What Is Contributing to Those Declines?

April 15, 2026May 28, 2026

by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder April 15, 2026 Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural…

Friendship, honey and the simple life: 100 years of Winnie‑the‑Pooh
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Friendship, honey and the simple life: 100 years of Winnie‑the‑Pooh

April 13, 2026May 28, 2026

The real Christopher Robin Milne, centre, alongside original illustrations from the book. Wikimedia Commons, Bertmann/Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Elizabeth Hale, University…

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