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Summer 2001	Cooperatives in the Forest-Based Industries in Northern Pennsylvania Myron R. Schwartz Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health Roy D. Adams, Hardwood Innovative Solutions
Spring 2001	What Accounts for the Growing Rural-to-Urban Income Gap in the Northeast? Stephan J. Goetz The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Summer 1999	The Declining Middle: Is Pennsylvania Losing Its Middle Class? Diane K. McLaughlin, Mark S. Handcock, Joseph Kodamanchaly The Pennsylvania State University
Spring 1999	Helping Keystone Opportunity Zones Work in Your Community Martin Shields Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Spring 1998	Local School Taxes Under Act 50 of 1998 Timothy W. Kelsey and Kathleen K. Miller Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Fall 1997/ Winter 1998	Farm-Nonfarm Interdependencies at the Rural-Urban Interface A. E. Luloff Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Summer 1997	The Changing Economic Structure of the Nonmetropolitan Northeast:  What Happened to Traditional Rural Industries? Kathleen K. Miller and Stephen M. Smith Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Spring 1997	Sustainable Development and Quality of Life Loretta Singletary Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Fall 1996	Beyond the Last Fencerow: The Future of the Food & Farm System in Southeast Pennsylvania Kate Smith, Janet Hammer, Jonda Crosby Department of Agricultural Economic and Rural Sociology and Rodale Institute
Summer 1996	Sustainable Communities and Forest Stewardship Jim Finley, Steve Jones and Shelby Chunko Department of Forest Resources
Spring 1996	The Prevalence of Rural Underemployment Jill L. Findeis, Ganesh Rauniyar, and Wan-ling Hsu Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Fall 1995	Women and Agriculture Carolyn Sachs Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Summer 1995	Conflict at the Rural/Urban Interface: Nuisance Complaints and Mushroom Farms in Chester County Timothy W. Kelsey and Loretta Singletary Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Spring 1995	Employment Hardship and Rural Minorities Leif Jensen Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Fall 1994	The Rapid Rise of Amish Micro-Enterprises Jill L. Findeis and Stephen M. Smith Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Summer 1994	Pennsylvania's Forest Stewardship Program: Promoting Sustainable Forestry Through Education Stephen B. Jones, James C. Finley, and Shelby E. Chunko School of Forest Resources Local Government's Capacity to Manage Water Resources: Issues, Needs and Opportunities Charles W. Abdalla Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Spring 1994	Leadership and Management Education for Local Governments Walter Whitmer Multi-county Community Development Extension Agent in Central Pennsylvania
Fall 1993	Poverty Among Rural Elders: A Research Report Leif Jensen and Diane K. McLaughlin Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology The Economic Development Potential of Retirement in Pennsylvania Timothy W. Kelsey, Stephen M. Smith and A.E. Luloff Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Summer 1993	Anatomy of a Rust Belt State Stephen M. Smith Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Rural Citizens Sustaining Rural Development Loretta Singletary Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology