The Center of Rural Affairs expresses the rural values in America by saying, “We live in an era of profound change - when institutions, policy, and life are being fundamentally reshaped. It is a critical time for people of conscience to work together in guiding change to reflect our highest values. To that we commit the Center for Rural Affairs.” Rural values take place within this country and each and every individual’s life. Rural values impact everyone because of the food we eat. The most common food people eat are corn, beans, oats, beef, or pork. With the individuals that eat these food they are involved with rural values. Several people take and look at rural values either in a wrong or right way. Rural is known to be either a subjective …show more content…
The Center for Rural Affairs has stated that “The Center has resisted the role of advocating for the interests of any particular group. Instead, we have chosen to advance a set of values – values that reflect the best of Rural America. Ultimately, we believe it is in the interest of all to create a future reflecting those values.” They value several different characteristics, such as responsibility, conscience, progress, opportunity, involvement, action, ownership, control, fairness, and stewardship. Rural Affairs has a motto that states, “Values. Worth. …show more content…
Rural values have to do with agriculture, jobs, people, and country classification. According to Kenyon, “The primary concern of the community in terms of development, as a result of the conference, is to ‘develop a county-wide land use mission statement and plan to protect/preserve our rural and community character-to be updated every five years.’” Not everybody knows what all rural values entail. An individual that owns and operates a sugar maple tree farm is considered to have high rural values. Individuals that raise cattle, hogs, sheep, or grow crops also have very high rural