Call for case studies: Innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism

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March 23, 2018

Case studies are a valuable way to synthesize and share lessons learned to create new knowledge and enhanced applications in practice. The National Extension Tourism (NET) Design Team is inviting submissions of case studies that highlight innovative and promising practices in sustainable tourism.

Heather Manzo joins NERCRD as new Associate Director for Extension

February 23, 2018

We are pleased to announce that Heather Manzo has joined the Northeast Center as its Associate Director for Extension, effective January 2018. In this role, Heather will work with Extension Educators across the region to identify opportunities for cross-state collaborations and sharing of programs, and will help document the impact of Community and Economic Development Extension programs across the region.

NERCRD 2017 Annual Report is now available

February 23, 2018

In 2017, the Northeast Center continued its work of growing strong, collaborative networks with our land-grant partners, numerous federal agencies, and private institutions. We worked on a number of research and outreach projects that reached thousands of people. Read all about it in our latest annual report!

Economic status of rural America in the President Trump era explored in newly published Center research

February 23, 2018

A paper titled “The Economic Status of Rural America in the President Trump Era and beyond” was published this month in a special issue of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy and was authored by Center Director Stephan Goetz, Mark Partridge (Ohio State University), and Heather Stephens (West Virginia University). The special issue is a collection of papers around the theme “The Future of Agricultural and Applied Economics,” and is the culmination of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Agenda and Priorities initiative. The authors review the current economic conditions of rural America and the current literature, in order to set the stage for future research aimed at developing public policies that support economic prosperity in rural areas.

Weather patterns, farm income, other factors, may be influencing opioid crisis

January 26, 2018

The overprescribing of opioid-based painkillers may be the main driver of the increased abuse of opioids in rural America, but new research by Northeast Center Director Stephan Goetz and Meri Davlasheridze (Texas A&M) suggests that other factors, including declining farm income, extreme weather and other natural disasters, may affect a crisis that is killing thousands of citizens and costing the country billions of dollars.

New collection of papers explores Northeast U.S. food system, community engagement, and citizens’ perceptions of “regional foods”

January 25, 2018

For seven years a multidisciplinary team of more than 40 researchers led by the NERCRD has explored the extent to which a more robust regional food system in the Northeastern U.S. could improve food access in low-income communities and improve the long-term food security of the entire Northeast. Now, in an initial collection of three papers published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, team members have summarized some of their findings.

Supply chain case studies explore how supermarkets source foods for low-income customers

January 25, 2018

For the first time, researchers at Cornell University have analyzed where Northeast supermarkets source the foods they sell to their low-income customers. These case studies offer policymakers a better understanding of how regional food systems could bring healthier food to low-income people in the Northeast. They were conducted as part of the NERCRD-led project, Enhancing Food Security in the Northeast through Regional Food Systems (EFSNE).

New study explores intersection of health insurance and national farm policy

January 24, 2018

A first-of-its-kind study looking at the intersection of health insurance and agriculture sheds light on a “Catch-22” situation that many farmers know all too well: while having health insurance is a critical risk-management strategy, the cost of health insurance and out-of-pocket health care costs can be burdensome to farm families and may limit investments in farm enterprises. The findings have important and timely policy implications, as lawmakers are debating both the 2018 Farm Bill and health insurance policy.

Save the date: NAREA pre-conference research workshop on “Advances in the Economic Analysis of Food System Drivers and Effects”

January 24, 2018

The 2018 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) pre-conference workshop, co-sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, will be held on June 9-10, 2018, just prior to the NAREA conference taking place June 10-12 in Philadelphia, PA. This pre-conference workshop will highlight recent advances in the economic analysis of food systems in the U.S. as well as globally.

Rural Housing and Economic Development: New book by Regional Rural Development Centers

January 23, 2018

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