Institute Initiatives
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The Institute has initiated a number of activities and conducted numerous roundtable dialogues between various individuals and organizations. In recent years the Institute expanded its technology information initiatives for the public interested in the food and meat industry.
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  • Bee Keeper Grant: The Institute assisted in development of an educational program and series of meetings for the Mid US Honeybee Producers Association.
  • Northeast Center for Risk Management Education Grant: The Institute for Rural America provided more than $23,000 in services to New York agricultural producers focused on risk management education.
  • The Livestock Brief is an information, education initiative and was created for cattle and hog producers. It’s a joint effort with the Organization for Competitive Markets and provides market, meat company and trade information and news.
  • MeatFYI. is an Internet initiative and provides news and information on the North American red meat industry. Daily updates on beef and pork industry news and markets, plus fresh updates on meat and food companies; and a Watchlist of items to keep an eye on.
  • Rural USA. An Internet site informing people about our series of continuing initiatives focusing on American agricultural issues. One initiative has involved organic producers and players and involved roundtable dialogues. These have resulted in the creation of OFARM, an “umbrella” organization for organic producer groups providing ongoing information exchange.
  • Another RuralUSA initiative involved playing a background role in helping to encourage and initiate an informational conference for commercial farmers and ranchers both large and small. This work resulted in the CLOUT conference, ultimately sponsored by Successful Farming magazine.
  • One more RuralUSA effort acts to protect rural property from incompatible industrial or commercial development. One of the projects resulted in assumption of property ownership that created a tax benefit to the donors and protection to the land for future generations (see RuralUSA.org for more information).
  • More information on these and other Institute  initiatives carried out in support of US agriculture and America’s rural communities is available at our project website at www.RuralUSA.org.

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The Institute for Rural America is a nonprofit charitable 501c3 organization.