Friday, September 20, 2019

Quick hits: Ag Census by ZIP code; chocolate-milk-ban blowback; new book about reporter's move to rural Minn.

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

A potential ban on chocolate milk in New York City schools draws opposition from farmers, David Lombardo reports for The Times Union of Albany.

Want to an easier way to look at local data from the Census of Agriculture? The National Agricultural Statistics Service has released 2017 the data by ZIP code. Read more here.

Christopher Ingraham, a reporter for The Washington Post who moved to a rural Minnesota town about which he had written an unfavorable story, has a book out about his experience. Read more.

No comments: