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Rural Farming Communities


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Rural farming communities refers to the activity of preserving and enabling rural farming communities to develop sustainably, protecting the environment while thriving socially and developing economically.
Keywords
economic development, social development, rural development, erosion control, integrated rural development, renewable energy production, rural income generation, rural women, neglected crops, underexploited crops, landowners, agriculture, co-operative farming, agrarian reform, farmland preservation, farmer's markets, farmland trusts, zoning, urban sprawl, water costs, watershed management, fuel and transportation costs, agriculture, farmer's rights
Change In Action

http://www.dakotarural.org
Dakota Rural Action uses community organizing to enable families and individuals to effectively work together to achieve and create a sustainable society which will guarantee freedom of choice for future generations.


Interested in rural farming communities? Find or start a discussion forum here and share comments with like-minded people

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Agricultural Water Conservation and Management, Agroecology, Biological Control, Composting, Community Enterprise, Community Training, Ecovillages, Local Food Systems, Economic Development, Farm Ecosystem Management, Gardening, Global Food Supply and Sustainability, Livestock in Developing Nations, Organic Farming, Permaculture, Precision Farming, Soil Conservation and Management, Social Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Livestock Husbandry, Sustainable Living, Watershed Management


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Congradulations on your ideas and good luck on your good intenssions on rural Comminities.

 

Please send information on future activities, projects , training as well as prospect for volunteerism.

 

Im iterested in farming communities and i seend this comment from South Africa

 

Dick Kgang

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