Speaking Engagements

Reframing Rural creator, Megan Torgerson is available for keynotes, panel discussions, plenary talks and workshops that bring her deeply personal and rigorously researched perspective to conversations about rural America. As founder and host of Reframing Rural, she explores the myths, challenges and possibilities shaping rural and agricultural communities today.

Whether engaging AmeriCorps members, agricultural leaders, rural youth, nonprofit professionals or community groups, Megan invites audiences to move beyond stereotypes and into curiosity, connection and care.

Speaking Themes

Each talk and workshop are tailored to the audience, but common themes include:

Reframing Rural Narratives
Farm & Ranch Succession
Economies of Extraction & Rural Gentrification
Mental Health in Agricultural Communities
Rural Revitalization

Select Engagements

Megan has delivered talks and developed workshops for:

Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West and Montana State University's Ivan Doig Center
The Governor's Office of Community Service
Montana Farmers Union
Montana State University Extension
Old Salt Festival
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University
Red Ants Pants Foundation
Winnett ACES

Rural West Conference 2026

Watch Megan speak on "Building Rural Futures: Community Revitalization in the Intermountain West" for the 12th annual Rural West Conference organized by Stanford University's Bill Lane Center for the American West and Montana State University's Ivan Doig Center.

Megan's talk begins at 46 minutes, 40 seconds.

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