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    Blog for Rural America: Natural Meat Market Ripe for Farmers and Ranchers

    March 20, 2006August 27, 2014

    Blog for Rural America: Natural Meat Market Ripe for Farmers and Ranchers:by Wyatt Fraas, Center for Rural Affairs A nationwide Roper poll found that consumers trust small farms more than large industrial farms to produce safe food responsibly by a 2:1 margin. This is a market based on trust. The families paying premiums for natural…

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    Rural Entrepreneurs Drive Job Growth

    March 20, 2006August 27, 2014

    By John Crabtree: In the rural Great Plains, nearly 70 percent of job growth in the 1990s came from people creating their own job by starting a small business. Technorati tags: rural, small, biz, entrepreneurs, business, town, job, growth, Great, Plains, CFRA

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    RuralHeart-rural business directory

    March 20, 2006August 27, 2014

    This is a directory of rural UK businesses. RuralHeart: the rural business directory that matches your needs with the heart of the rural business community More than a directory RuralHeart.com is a directory of businesses and organisations that are based in town, village and suburb. But more than a directory, RuralHeart.com seeks to attract visitors…

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    Another Brain Drain Perspective

    March 18, 2006August 27, 2014

    How you gonna keep em down on the farm …By Timlynn Babitsky “What can we do to keep our kids here?” IS the wrong question. “What can we do to get them to come back home?” is the real question to ask, and providing jobs and economic opportunities is only one part of the answer….

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    No Silver Bullet Solutions

    March 18, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Timlynn Babitsky: In the best “I’m going to win the lottery” mind set, we have come to believe that “out there somewhere” is the silver bullet that will fix whatever ails us. If we can only find it and bring it home, then our farm, school, town, region, economy — future — will be…

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    Post #100

    March 18, 2006August 27, 2014

    Time to celebrate a small milestone: 100 posts on Small Biz Survival! We will continue to focus on the entrepreneurial issues of declining small towns, because that is what we live. Our refined vision is: By and for small business people in rural areas and small towns.Topics: Competition Online Marketing Online Resources Workforce Isolation Community…

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    Rehabilition: Prisoner to Entrepreneur

    March 17, 2006August 27, 2014

    allAfrica.com: Namibia: Polytechnic, Shell in Rehabilitation Deal: Namibia Economist (Windhoek) March 17, 2006 Inmates at the Windhoek Central Prison are set to acquire entrepreneurial skills following a project, inaugurated this week, which focuses on teaching business skills such as compiling business plans, cash flow management, marketing, administrative and financing proficiency.…The government is not alone, said…

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    Happy People = Testimonials = Dollars

    March 17, 2006August 27, 2014

    Are people happy with your company? And are you looking for more people to be happy? If even a few people have told you that they are happy, then use their testimonials to engage more new people. Let me specify that I’m not talking about paid endorsements. I’m talking about real people who are pleased…

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