HORIZONS

Publication Series

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Volume 20 (2008)

• Number 1- Information Disclosure and Housing Prices

Volume 19 (2007)

• Number 4- Tourism and Rural Virginia
• Number 3- Transportation Systems Matter
• Number 2- Ethanol and Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• Number 1- Conservation Easements

Volume 17 (2005)

• Number 6- Reducing Petroleum Dependence
• Number 5 - Think Globally; Act Locally Community and Workplace
• Number 4 - More Calories and Less Exercise...
• Number 3 - Think Globally; Act Locally Your Home
• Number 2 - Profile of Children and Families by Extension District
• Number 1 - Conservation Easements: What Are They And Who Participates?
   

Volume 16 (2004)

• Number 6 - Information is Not Just Data
• Number 5 - Price-Driven Economic Systems on the Way Out?
• Number 4 - Measuring the "Ripple Effect": Economic Multipliers
• Number 3 - Public Goods
• Number 2 - Why Are We Talking About Higher Taxes?
• Number 1 - Rural Development in Virginia--What Can State Government Do, If Anything?
   

Volume 15 (2003)

• Number 6 - Taxes and Tax Talk Everywhere
• Number 5 - The Markets for Recycled Materials
• Number 4 - The Contribution of Virginia's Capital Access Program to Rural Development
• Number 3 - The Crossroads Institute:  An Entrepreneurial and Educational Initiative Finding New Rural Development Bootstraps
• Number 2 - Deciding to Diversify:  A Case Study of Seven Virginia Farm Businesses
• Number 1 - The 2002 Farm Bill:  What It Does for Farmers
   

Volume 14 (2002)

• Number 6 - Who Speaks for Rural Virginia and Rural America?
• Number 5 - Sharing a Vision for Sharing the Water
• Number 4 - REAP Publications, 1989-2000
• Number 3 - A Peek at the Script:  "Bright Leaf:  The Tobacco Culture of the Old Belt of Virginia"
• Number 2 - Electricity Deregulation in Virginia  
• Number 1 - Results of the Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission Study  
   

Volume 13 (2001)

• Number 6 - The Story of Rural Schooling in Virginia 
• Number 5 - The Challenge of Family Business Transition
• Number 4 - The Urban/Rural Dilemma or Why Should Urban Virginia Care about Rural Prosperity?
• Number 3 - Carbon Sequestration--New Opportunities for Land Owners?
• Number 2 - Financing Public Services in Virginia:  Where the Money Comes From and What It Buys
• Number 1 - Bright Leaf:  The Tobacco Culture of the Old Belt of Virginia
   

Volume 12 (2000)

• Number 6 - Let's Play Family Feud or Why Estate and Retirement Planning is For Everyone
• Number 5 - Healthy Food, Healthy Lives:  Challenges and Opportunities
• Number 4 - Household Water Supply Challenges in Rural Virginia
• Number 3 - The Rural Virginia Prosperity Commission
• Number 2- REAP Publications 1989-2000   
• Number 1- Estate Tax or Death Tax?   
   

Volume 11 (1999)

• Number 6- Industrial Hemp: Economic Blessing or Noxious Weed? 
• Number 5- More To Welfare Reform Than a Big Caseload Decline  
• Number 4- It Depends... 
• Number 3- Changing Communities; Changing Needs 
• Number 2- Facing Uncertainty 
• Number 1- Agricultural Industrialization: David versus Goliath 
   

Volume 10 (1998)

• Number 6- Variation on: "Mother, May I?" :   Dillon's Rule  
• Number 5- Using Free and Easily Accessible Data: A Snapshop of Pulaski County
• Number 4- New Markets, New Crops for Southampton Farmers 
• Number 3- Volunteering Pays Dividends
• Number 2- REAP Publications, 1989-1998
• Number 1- Open Space Land Conservation: New Federal and State Financial Incentives
   

Volume 9 (1997)

• Number 6- Rural Roadways: Not Just a Drive in the Country 
• Number 5- Using Nature's Technology: Constructed Wetlands 
• Number 4- Reduce Food Losses...Feed the Hungry 
• Number 3- Sustainable Agriculture: Only Goals, Not Definitions 
• Number 2- Should Virginia's Rural People Care about Rural Development?
• Number 1- Why Increase Federal Investment in Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education? 
   

Volume 8 (1996)

• Number 6- Why Should We Care About Economics Education? 
• Number 5- Both Sides of the Coin: An Uncommon Meeting about Tobacco
• Number 4- Are Economic Development Incentives Blessings in Disguise or Necessary Evils? 
• Number 3- Confronting the Rural Health-Care Crisis 
• Number 2- The Search for Credit in Rural Virginia 
• Number 1- Surfing the Net for Rural Information 
   

Volume 7 (1995)

• Number 6- The Peanut Industry Must Look to the Marketplace 
• Number 5- Virginia State Government Expenditures: Measuring the "Size" of Government 
• Number 4- A Perspective on Water Resources in the Northern Shenandoah Valley 
• Number 3- REAP Publications, 1989-95 
• Number 2- A Point of View from Newport, Virginia 
• Number 1- Virginia's Farm Wineries 
   

Volume 6 (1994)

• Number 6- Strains in Local Government's Iron-clad Link to the Property Tax? 
• Number 5- Hogs, Jobs and the Environment 
• Number 4- Are You Ready for the 1995 Farm Bill? 
• Number 3- Agriculture's Contribution to the Virginia Economy 
• Number 2- An Introduction to Disaster Economics 
• Number 1- Conversation and Common Ground Between Virginia's Agricultural and Environmental Groups 
   

Volume 5 (1993)

• Number 6- Rural Virginia's Latent Capacity for Leadership 
• Number 5- Will Virginia's Children Stay in School (The Global Economy and Educational Attainment in Virginia) 
• Number 4- The Textile-Apparel Complex in Rural Virginia 
• Number 3- Access to Rural Health Care 
• Number 2- Research: How Is It Done and Why Should You Care? 
• Number 1- Paying for Public Schools in Virginia 
   

Volume 4 (1992)

• Number 6- A Competitive Edge for Virginia Agriculture 
• Number 5- Is It Time for Perestroika in Virginia Government? 
• Number 4- A Community-based Strategy for Rural Development 
• Number 3- A Report from Rural Retreat 
• Number 2- Economic Impacts and Environmental Tradeoffs of Low-input Agriculture in Eastern Virginia 
• Number 1- Rural Virginia and the 1992 General Assembly 
   

Volume 3 (1991)

• Number 6- Shaping the Future: Developing Leadership in Rural Virginia 
• Number 5- Self-development Strategies in Rural Areas 
• Number 4- An Assessment of REAP on its Three-year Anniversary 
• Number 3- The Cost of Rural Drinking Water 
• Number 2- Restoring Viability to the Corn and Hog Sectors in Virginia 
• Number 1- Rural Retirement Counties: What Do They Mean for Rural Virginia?

Volume 2 (1990)

• Number 6- What is Rural Development? 
• Number 5- Emphasis on Feedgrains and Livestock... 
• Number 4- Focus on Alternative Agricultural Opportunities... 
• Number 3- Managing Agricultural Contamination of Groundwater 
• Number 2- Part-Time Farming in Virginia 
• Number 1- New Technologies: Boon or Bane for the Dairy Industry?