“The People” Make It Special: Grant Helps Maine’s Smallest Hospital Provide Emergency Services and Life-Saving Care to Rural Northern Communities
For more than a hundred years, a small hospital has operated in Greenville, Maine, making essential health services available in one of the most rural parts of the state—the region surrounding Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County.
Central Lakes College Facility Addresses Increased Demand for Meat Processing
In recent years, the need to train meat cutters and butchers has increased across the nation. Despite already having a robust butchery program, Central Lakes College (CLC) is taking further action to address this demand. The college’s campus in Staples recently held a grand opening for their new, state-of-the-art modular meat processing facility, thanks to a partnership with Minnesota Farmers Union.
Energy Grant Helps Local Grocery Serve Neighbors and Community
From Cow to Cone: Local Bistro Offers Fresh Take on Ice Cream
When Scott and Melissa Holt moved to Hot Springs, their plan was to retire. They started as a small farmer’s market selling meat, farm produce and homemade ice cream. Soon they saw the demand for their specialty ice cream grow – even in the dead of winter.
People would come to the farm for various business and ask, ‘do you have any ice cream?’ Following a fire that destroyed the local ice cream shop, the Holt’s decided to open a shop in Hot Springs to offer a selection of cold treats. Two Cows Creamery and Bistro was open for business.
Partnership Helps Rural Cooperatives Thrive in Appalachian Ohio
The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Center for Cooperatives, based at the OSU South Centers in Piketon, Ohio, helps enhance quality of life by integrating teaching, research, and extension to support cooperatives with technical assistance and education programs.
The coffee’s on in a refurbished home in Radisson, thanks to help from a USDA RD Housing loan
The coffee’s on in a refurbished house in rural Radisson, where the dream of homeownership is being experienced for the first time ever with the help of a USDA Single Family Housing direct loan.
After much dedication, a new homeowner who worked throughout most of her adult life as a mover, lifting and hauling other people’s furniture, was recently able to move into her own home for the first time.
Marsh River Co-op Finds "the Easiest Way to Reduce Overhead Costs"
