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    1. Barbed wire telephone lines brought isolated homesteaders together (and then let them snoop on each other)

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Frost, Natasha (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-09-25
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10032
    Journal Title:
    Atlas Obscura
    Notes:
    11 pages, Author examines how two inventions of the 1870s (barbed wire and the telephone) changed the lonely lives of frontier Americans.

    2. Connecting the unconnected: Tombigbee Communications believes building a better future for its rural residents starts with fiber

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Bedord, Laurie (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-01
    Published:
    USA: Meredith Agrimedia, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10198
    Journal Title:
    Successful Farming
    Journal Title Details:
    117(01) : 52-55
    Notes:
    Magazine article

    3. Country journalism

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Allen, Charles Laurel (author)
    Format:
    Book
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    USA: New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1928
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18640
    Notes:
    504 pages; Nelson's English Series

    4. National poll shows COVID-19 taking heavy toll on farmers' mental health

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Research summary
    Publication Date:
    2021-01-07
    Published:
    USA: Henderson Communications L.L.C., Adel, Iowa.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12077
    Notes:
    Online via AgriMarketing Weekly. 2 pages., Summary of findings from a poll conducted recently by the American Farm Bureau Federation. "The results of a new poll clearly demonstrate that the COVID-19 pandemic is having broad-ranging impacts among rural adults and farmers/farmworkers." Findings also identified main obstacles to seeking help or treatment for mental health condition, the most trusted sources for information about mental health, impressions of the importance of mental health in rural communities and the importance of reducing stigma surrounding mental health.

    5. Participatory communication strategy to strengthen household and community leadership for the reduction of chronic malnutrition, improved hygiene and crop diversification

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Executive Summary
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    Guatemala
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10616
    Notes:
    12 pages., via website, Health Communication Capacity Collaborative., U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Guatemala)and the Health Communication Capacity Collaboration(HC3)of Johns Hopkins University led this strategy in Guatemala from 2012-2016.

    9. Why are American farmers killing themselves in record numbers?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Weingarten, Debbie (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-12-06
    Published:
    International: Guardian News and Media Limited, The Guardian - U.S. edition
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: D09436
    Journal Title:
    The Guardian
    Notes:
    Via online edition. 10 pages.