Many of us might dream of moving to the countryside to escape all the demands of life in the city. With less traffic, little to no light pollution, and fresh air, living in the country sure sounds a ...

Grocery store owner Marquitrice Mangham hurries out of the sweltering August heat of the Mississippi Delta and enters her ...

Let’s go to inner city New York, where a teacher is using rooftop gardens to help her students learn about seeds and plants and other growing things.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. This essay is the first in a four-part series I’m calling Rural Health ...

Essentia’s mobile mammography trucks have added additional locations across the rural health provider’s footprint, bringing ...

Rural workers are willing to work. The U.S. has spent billions to bring broadband to rural communities—but many of the people it’s meant to help still aren’t logging on. Unless governments focus on ...

There is a dentist in Mitchell County, North Carolina who often gets paid in art. Artists who don’t have health insurance will offer something like a painting or a sculpture in exchange for dental ...

Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big differences in how well people are able to respond and ...