Local Food

Building social and economic sustainability through agriculture.

Disaster Management

Managing risk and emergency response in our climate-fragile world.

Sustainability

Creating capacity for economic, social, and ecological success.

Rural communities thrive in the face of change by embracing humanity’s interdependence with the natural landscape and creating capacity for economic, social, and ecological success. Learn more about what makes a rural community truly resilient with our Smitty Lecture Series.

PSC + United Nations

The Paul Smith’s College Global Center for Rural Communities is committed to developing innovative strategies that promote rural resilience and address the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).