Does Rural America Need Urban Agriculture? [and rural Canada, Europe, ++++++++]

Some rural areas have many urban characteristics.  Karl Stauber at the Danville Regional Foundation in southern Virginia says it loud and clear,

" - only 4 percent of rural residents make their living farming --. If policy is based on the assumption that rural is about agriculture, then the vast majority of rural America is left out."

The Carsey Institute at University of New Hampshire fiinds that rural places similar to and including Aspen Colorado and Asheville North Carolina

"-- face challenges such as affordable housing for workers -- as well as [urban] sprawl that threatens the environment."

I interpret these reports as clearly asserting the over 90 percent of rural residents, as defined by the US Census, can benefit from urban agriculture.

Reference:   El Nasser, haya. "Rural America Outgrows its Label" USA today 8/5/8