Growing on the Edge: How Cumberland County, Maine Used Communication to Protect Water Quality through Urban Agriculture

Between 2019 and 2022, Cumberland County, Maine, launched an innovative and strategically communication-centered campaign to address a growing environmental challenge: nonpoint source pollution from suburban agricultural activity. As development expanded into the outskirts of Portland and surrounding municipalities, small-scale agriculture, hobby farms, Read More

Community in Conversation: How Sheridan County, Kansas Communicated Sustainable Change in Water Conservation

In northwest Kansas, where agriculture and water scarcity go hand in hand, a quiet revolution in irrigation management has been unfolding. Faced with alarming declines in the Ogallala Aquifer—one of the most vital groundwater sources in the U.S.—Sheridan County launched an ambitious Read More