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• LRV Documents

  • 2003 National Summit on Agriculture and Rural Life (PDF)
    2003 National Summit on Agriculture and Rural Life - Event Brochure
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  • 2007 Rural Summit Registration Form (PDF)
  • 2007 Rural Summit Media Registration Form (PDF)
  • 2007 Rural Summit Flyer (PDF)
  • 2007 Rural Summit Registration Form - Update (PDF)
  • 2007 Rural Summit Panel Summaries (PDF) (PDF) (PDF)
  • Post-2007 Rural Summit Press Release (PDF)

• LRV Multimedia

  • 2004 LRV Audio Spots (Download) (Download)
    Listen to our audio spots.

• Also of Interest

  • A Guide to Serving Local Food on Your Menu (Link)
    This Guide to Serving Local Food on Your Menu is designed as a primer to help foodservice managers and directors, caterers, chefs, restaurateurs and others consider creative ways to incorporate fresh, local products into almost any foodservice setting.
  • Farm Bill Proposals and Legislative Action in the 110th Congress (PDF)
    This is a detailed summary of the proposals for the 2007 Farm Bill as prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) with a March 22, 2007 date given to it.

    Given the length of the document, please click the link to the PDF to read the document.

  • Earned Income Tax Credit is Critical to Rural Working-Poor, Carsey Institute Finds (Link)

    A new Carsey Institute Fact Sheet shows that working Americans in rural areas are more likely to benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to make ends meet than their neighbors in urban areas. Families in the rural South take advantage of the tax credit the most.

  • Rural Mothers More Likely To Work, But At Lower Wages (Link)
    A new study by the Carsey Institute shows that rural mothers with children under age 6 have higher employment rates than their urban counterparts, but have higher poverty rates, lower wages, and lower family income.