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With a combined audience of 6.5 million, our publications deliver affluent readers that live outside the city limits. Our rural portfolio includes Mother Earth News, Grit, Capper's, Farm Collector and Gas Engine Magazine. Each provides distinctive editorial content for all aspects of rural living, including farming, gardening, landscaping, livestock and more. Our readers have an average income of $76,000 and typically own 29 acres of land.

Deliver your message via our unique 360 degree Marketing: a seamless mix of print, online, events, video and television, sweepstakes, and much more. We work with you to ensure that your marketing and sales objectives are met effectively and efficiently - and that you reach our unique rural audience.
 
--Target an audience that invests in their lifestyle--
 
They raise livestock

· 70% own animals
Of those who own animals:
· 45% own chickens
· 85% own at least one dog
· 77% own at least one cat
· 61% plan to purchase heritage
  breed chickens
· 20% plan to purchase heritage
  breed goats
· 20% plan to purchase heritage
  breed turkeys

They make land improvements
Making the following land improvements in the next 24 months:

· 19% - barn/shed/outbuilding
· 12% - pond
· 8% - electric fencing
· 20% - traditional fencing
· 6% - portable fencing
· 34% - landscaping/lawn
They raise their own food

· 79% grow herbs
· 77% grow flowers/ornamentals
· 80% grow vegetables
· 54% grow fruits/nuts/berries
· 71% have a garden more than
  50 sq ft in size
· 53% spend more than 6 hours
  per week in their garden
· 56% say it is extremely important
  to grow plants using organic
  gardening methods

They bake and cook
from scratch


· 89% cook from scratch
· 76% bake from scratch
· 48% preserve food by canning
· 86% use spices
· 85% use herbs
· 79% use honey
· 63% use outdoor gas grill
· 37% use outdoor charcoal grill
They buy outdoor power equipment

· 48% own woodworking machines
· 82% own a chain saw
· 22% own a chipper/shredder
· 21% own a log splitter
· 45% own a woodstove
· 69% own/plan to purchase riding mower
· 71% own/plan to purchase
  walk-behind mower
· 65% own/plan to purchase a tiller
· 72% own/plan to purchase a trimmer
· 26% own/plan to purchase a small pickup · 53% own/plan to purchase a
  standard pickup
· 27% own/plan to purchase a
  heavy-duty truck
Explore our individual media kits via the links below.
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