It is in the interest of urban and rural residents to work together in mutually supportive ways. In this section are examples of cooperative efforts in land preservation, sustainable agriculture, growth management, appropriate development of rural resources, improved trading and tourism, and development of low-impact regional planning and transportation systems.
American Farmland Trust (AFT), 1200 18th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, Tel: 202.331.7300, Fax: 202.659.8339, Email: cberetz@farmland.org, Website: http://www.farmland.org. AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.
The Food Project, P. O. Box 705, Lincoln, MA 01773, Tel: 781.259.8621, Email: outreach@thefoodproject.org, Website: http://www.thefoodproject.org. The Food Project connects the inner-city and rural suburbs of Boston through growing and distributing food.
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development (GPISD), 2801 21st Avenue S., Suite 230, Minneapolis, MN 55407, Email: sbergan@wavetech.net, Website: http://www.gpisd.net. GPISD provides information and policy analysis to the citizens of the Great Plains as they wrestle with issues affecting the long-term viability of their communities, the productivity of their economic enterprises, the quality of their environment and the prudent management of their resources. It sponsors "Renewing the Countryside", a web site showcasing examples of people working to enhance their rural communities and regions.
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO), 400 N. Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 390, Tel: 202.624.7806, Fax: 202.624.8813, Website: http://www.nado.org. NADO provides training, information and representation for regional development organizations in small metropolitan and rural America. It is a leading advocate for a regional approach to community, economic and rural development.
Rural Economic Policy Program (REPP), The Aspen Institute, 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 1070, Washington, DC 20036, Tel: 202.736.5800, Fax: 202.467.0790, Email: diane.morton@aspeninst.org, Website: http://www.aspeninst.org/rural. The REPP fosters collaborative learning, leadership and innovation to advance rural community and economic development in the US. It works with rural decision-makers to speed the adoption of initiatives that will sustain rural progress.
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Greenstein, Rosalind, and Wim Wiewel, eds. Urban-Suburban Interdependencies. (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2000). This publication, based on papers originally presented at a conference in 1998, examines how cities and their suburbs are dependent on each other and points out possible avenues for the construction of regional policies. To obtain this resource contact the Lincoln Institute, 113 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-3400; Tel: 800.526.3873; Email: help@lincolninst.edu.
Heartland Center for Leadership Development in cooperation with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development Resources. This site contains an annotated bibliography of the W. K. Kellogg Collection of Rural Community Development materials - guidebooks, manuals, workshop materials, reports, books, and videos - as well as information on how to obtain each resource. This resource can be found online at: http://www.unl.edu/kellogg/index.html.
Richardson, Jean. Partnerships in Communities. (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1999). This book provides a fresh perspective on sustainable rural community development and offers community-based and community-driven responses to the challenges facing rural America.
Farm-to-City Marketing Project/Patchwork Family Farms, Columbia, Mo.; A rural organization started a rural/urban marketing program to supply low income residents and small businesses with organic food to help support small farmers on a sustainable basis. Center for Rural Affairs/Land Link Project/Rural Enterprise Assistance Project, Walthill, Neb.; A rural organization has pioneered efforts to promote sustainable agriculture throughout the U.S., including linking generations of farmers and aiding the development of small rural businesses. Back to Top
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