Members of the Obama Administration have embarked on a "listening tour" in rural America this summer, but let's hope the visits involve more than listening. This is a moment for the Administration's top officials to engage farmers, ranchers and rural residents in a robust exchange of ideas about their role in a new American economy.
That role seems as obvious as it is dynamic. The "clean energy economy" President Obama advocates can revitalize the nation's long-neglected rural communities. Many of them...
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