Climate
Environmental Industries in Maine: Opportunities for Development and Policy Support
This report, "Environmental Industries in Maine: Opportunities for Development and Policy Support" by Carla Dickstein (June 1994), examines Maine's environmental industries. The study, funded by The Aspen Institute's Rural Economic Policy Program, aims to inform state policy on supporting these emerging industries as a targeted economic development strategy.
Value Added and Subtracted: The Processed Potato Industry in the Mid-Columbia Basin
This report, titled "Value Added and Subtracted: The Processed Potato Industry in the Mid-Columbia Basin," examines the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the frozen potato products industry in the Mid-Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon.
What Next for Sutainable Agriculture
This report, "What Next for Sustainable Agriculture" by William Lockeretz, prepared for The Ford Foundation and the Rural Economic Policy Program of The Aspen Institute in December 1989, argues that while sustainable agriculture has gained recognition, the "real work" of developing realistic systems and long-range strategies is just beginning.
Coal and Economic Development in Central Appalachia: A New Framework for Policy,
This report, "Coal and Economic Development in Central Appalachia: A New Framework for Policy," authored by Cynthia L. Duncan, Ph.D., and published in January 1986 by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED), examines the relationship between coal production and economic development in Central Appalachia, particularly Kentucky.