RuSource is the new name for the FIRM project, the aim of which is to provide concise information about current farming and rural issues mainly to support those working in rural ministry but also for anyone else with an interest.  Briefings are issued weekly; whilst they may be reproduced or transmitted in their entirety free of charge, where extracts are used, their source must be acknowledged. RuSource briefings may not be reproduced in any publication offered for sale without the prior permission of the copyright holder (© Alan Spedding 2005). RuSource remains an Arthur Rank Centre project but is now sponsored by Rural Solutions, the rural regeneration company. The RuSource papers are also accessible on the Arthur Rank Centre website www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/ along with other useful material illustrating the Centre's roles as the hub of Christian concern for the wellbeing of rural people and as the churches’ rural resources unit. Summaries of papers which are currently available may be accessed by clicking the hyperlink for the appropriate year. Where reviews of  any papers have taken place this will be indicated by the letter 'R' followed by the month and year of the review...eg R0304 was reviewed in March 2004.  The tables contain the paper number, its title and a brief summary of its contents.  If you would like to have a copy of the compl2ete paper, please contact the Senior Chaplain from the email contact on the SCADIM homepage. Also included are a series of "Easy Guides" covering a range of rural topics.  The copyright restrictions are as above. You might like to try using the "find" function (from within the "edit" menu in IE or the "search" menu in Netscape) to seek out specific information.

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