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RCAP to Obama: Recommit to rural America in State of the Union Address

RCAP is among the organizations and groups that sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Jan. 14 asking him to affirm his administration's commitment to rural America as he prepares for his annual State of the Union Address on Feb. 12.

"We ask that in your address, you publicly commit to working with Congress to reauthorize a filll five-year Farm Bill in a way that revitalizes the rural communities that form the backbone of our heartland," the letter reads.

RCAP, along with 18 other groups, is a signatory to the letter.

Daily Yonder blog: Rural poverty rate reaches 18.3% in 2011

The Daily Yonder blog reported Jan. 8 that "the percentage of people living in poverty increased from 15.8 percent of those living in rural counties in 2007, before the recession began, to 18.3 percent in 2011."

NPR: U of Vermont becomes largest public institution to ban sale of bottled water

NPR reported Jan. 14 that UVM has become the latest university to ban on-campus sales of bottled water.

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