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Rural community development

Close up of a grain.

Maine is scaling up its local grain economy

Food

Craft brewing, artisanal baking and innovative mills and malthouses are reviving Maine’s economic might.

Woman pulled alive from rubble of Bangladesh factory collapse; expert calls for reform

Business, Economics and Jobs

Some Chinese buying organic to avoid food contamination — but is it enough?

Development & Education

Local eating in a global world

Environment

The changing face of farming in America

Global Politics
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Helping the poorest of the poor via “social business”

Business, Economics and Jobs

Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for micro-lending; now he plans to help the poorest of the poor through “social business.”

How the credit crisis affects micro-loans

Development & Education

Micro-loans have helped some of the poorest people in the developing world become entrepreneurs.

Business innovation in developing countries

Development & Education

Author Rowan Gibson talks about how businesses can encourage innovation even if their host countries don’t.

The World

Wendell Berry Poem

Farmer and writer Wendell Berry reads his poem, “A Vision,” from his most recent publication, The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. The last in a series of his poetry readings on Living On Earth, this poem offers a hopeful look at humanity’s future.

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Wendell Berry Poem

Writer Wendell Berry reads his short poem, The Wild, about finding nature even in the most urban setting.

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