How Rural Farming Communities Are Fighting Economic Decline

"What does that mean for a rural community?" asks Mary Hendrickson, a rural sociologist at the University of Missouri, who says there’s a ripple effect. "How are you going to sell insurance if those people aren’t there? How are you going to have a bank if those people aren’t there? How are you going to have a grocery store?"

Kristofor Husted

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