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Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Quick hits: Cigarette smoking hits record low; hay rescue for ranchers hit by wildfires; rodeo women return; Yonder Radio

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Less than 10% of Americans reported smoking cigarettes in 2024.  (Photo by  A. Siimon, Unspl ash) For the first time in recorded U.S. histor...
Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Quick hits: Bakery sign debate; global cheese demand; Marlboro man's mystique; discover the Stargazer Highway

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Local art students created the bakery sign, but a code enforcement  officer said it had to come down. (Leavitt's Country Bakery reel pho...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

U.S. Surgeon General outlines ways to address disparities among smokers, including many who are rural Americans

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Secondhand smoke harms people who don't smoke.   (Adobe Stock photo) Over the past decade, the rate of U.S. adults and teens who smoke h...
Monday, September 27, 2021

As solar projects become more feasible in states like Ky., battle lines are drawn between farmers and preservationists

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For the past six years, renewable energy companies have been approaching Kentucky farmers about leasing their land for three solar-power pro...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Quick hits: A look back at the "Field of Dreams' game; $19M for rural telehealth expansion; Indian may head Park Service

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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 heather.c...
Friday, May 07, 2021

Quick hits: Black Appalachian music; cicada cooking; long-term agricultural issues; longing for your hometown

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Want a snack? Cicadas could be on the menu. ( Washington Post photo by Allison Dinner) Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance...
Friday, April 23, 2021

Quick hits: Idaho Senate approves bill to kill 90% of state's wolves; federal pandemic aid isn't reaching some of the poor

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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  he...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

Toolkit aims to help rural communities plan, create and fund early childhood health promotion programs

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The Rural Health Information Hub has launched a toolkit to help rural communities learn how to plan, create and fund early-childhood healt...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Burley Tobacco Growers Co-op closing; tobacco growers in any of last six years can lay claim to its millions in assets

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This notice applies to landowners in only eight states, but it also signals the end of an era. In its 100th year, the Burley Tobacco Growers...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

$4 billion in EU tariffs on jets, farm products etc. to hit Tue.

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Starting Tuesday, the European Union will impose tariffs on $3.99 billion in U.S. good annually, including agricultural goods. The move, sa...
Friday, November 06, 2020

Ballot measure roundup: Coloradans approve restoration of gray wolves, paid family and medical leave

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Colorado voters approved the restoration of gray wolves and mandated paid family and medical leave Tuesday, the first time any state has do...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

USDA creates unusual new channel to get pandemic stimulus money into tobacco farmers' pockets

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"U.S. government aid payments to tobacco farmers will be channeled through a new account within the office of the agriculture secretary...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

National survey finds rural-urban differences in health depts.

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Chart from NACCHO report; a similar chart in the report shows services and programs more prevalent in rural areas. Local health departments ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

USDA releases details for pandemic-related aid to farmers

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On Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture released long-awaited details about its $16 billion direct payment program for farmers and ...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Trump's tariffs leave tobacco growers in the lurch; some can't get sales contracts despite new trade agreement

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Washington Post photo by Matt McClain Tobacco growers and their communities have been struggling for years because of a declining marke...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Kentucky lawmakers still dubious about rural fiber-optic broadband project that hasn't delivered on its promises

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"The much-heralded plan to improve internet connectivity across the state, promised to create financial opportunities through reliable...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

E-cig crackdown could hurt mom-and-pop 'vape shops'

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Washington Post map based on Yelp data; click on the image to enlarge it. President Trump's proposed rackdown on electronic cigaret...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Ky. health foundation makes available to anyone TV and radio spots with youth talking about electronic cigarettes

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The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky has released four new public service announcements in its campaign to show the dangers young people ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Kentucky-based tobacco cooperative is investing in hemp

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The cooperative founded to help farmers of burley tobacco, a key ingredient in cigarettes, is facing a declining market and worsening finan...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Kentucky tobacco farmer latest convicted of crop-insurance fraud; nearly half a million dollars, and it's not the biggest

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A Central Kentucky tobacco farmer pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to a charge of conspiring to file false claims on crop-insurance p...