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Pickin' Time  Rethink Rural Blog  Country Living

Pickin' Time | Rethink Rural Blog | Country Living

Heading to the local grocery store is the given way to buy your produce. But what if you want to see where your food is coming from? You can grow...

Mississippi's PickYourOwn Fruit and Veggie Farms

Mississippi's Pick-Your-Own Fruit and Veggie Farms

Agriculture is Mississippi’s number one industry, according to Farm Families of Mississippi. “Missisippi boasts over 42,000 farms covering over 11...

Florida pickyourown fruit and vegetable farms

Florida pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms

Known as the Sunshine State, Florida is prime for perfect farming. A peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of...

Georgia pickyourown fruit and vegetable farms

Georgia pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms

According to the Georgia Farm Bureau, “agriculture contributes approximately $72.5 billion annually to Georgia's economy” and is the “largest...

Louisiana pickyourown fruit and vegetable farms

Louisiana pick-your-own fruit and vegetable farms

Louisiana is known for a lot of things: its Cajun personality and spicy jambalaya, swamps and gators, moss-covered trees and wrought iron...

8 great places to go glamping in the South

8 great places to go "glamping" in the South

Glamour + Camping = Glamping, and we know where to go "glamping" in the South. Take a look at these 10 fantastic glamping destinations.

East Texas surprise  Rethink Rural Blog

East Texas surprise | Rethink Rural Blog

From the minute you meet Simon Webster, you know he’s not a local Texan. Born in England and raised in New Zealand, his foreign accent tells he’s...

Go Fish! in East Texas

"Go Fish!" in East Texas

When you visit a fancy aquarium and see loads of exotic orange fish, eerie eel and strange puffer fish, it’s a fun sight to see. But the cool aquatic...

There is no place like Route 301

There is no place like Route 301

To get to South Carolina from North Florida, one must drive through Georgia. My route of choice is US Route 301, mostly because it's a friendly back...

NaVera Farms a leader in Feng Shui farming

NaVera Farms a leader in Feng Shui farming

What does an upscale spa at prestigious Amelia Island Plantation have in common with a small organic farm on the rural west end of Nassau County,...