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About Country
In the early 1980s, we came across a study showing that, given the choice, nearly 50% of the people living in the city would prefer to live in the country or in a small town. Yet, the majority just didn’t have the choice of moving to “the country.” The solution? A magazine that takes them there vicariously!
The Premiere Issue of Country used full-color photos on every page, screening as many 5,000 photos to select 100 for that first issue. Then we used one of the things that had become part of our “formula” at Reiman Publications—we invited the readers to write it.
Country now has a circulation of over 1 million subscribers and a pool of 350 Field Editors from across the United States and Canada. Subscribers tell us Country takes them “home” again and offers a 2-hour escape. We’ve even received letters from subscribers in office towers in New York City who tell us they enjoy reading Country while having lunch at their desks.
About Country EXTRA
It wasn’t long after we first started publishing Country over 20 years ago that readers began telling us, “We like this magazine so much that we can’t wait 2 months before the next issue comes out.” Now Country EXTRA comes out in the “in-between” months of Country.
Country and Country EXTRA are known for vivid color photos of the countryside. They’re so lifelike you feel like you’re right there alongside our photographers on a photo tour along the backroads of rural North America.
Country EXTRA also contains many of the popular features from Country, including “Quotes from the Country,” “ Country Churches” and “Little Humor.” Some unique features in Country EXTRA are the “Country Primer” and “Cabin Fever.”
The “Country Primer” sheds a little light on some aspect of life in the country...like how cowboys make coffee in metal pots over the campfire. In other issues, you learned why covered bridges are covered, why country roads meander and how to cook up a mess of dandelions and other spring greens for a nutritious salad. “Cabin Fever” invites you to look at a reader’s weekend getaway or country log home.
Country and Country EXTRA are filled with beautiful photography and heart-warming stories about the joys of country life. Subscribe today or give a gift of Country and Country EXTRA.
Managing Editor Robin Hoffman spent most of his early career writing for farm magazines. While interviewing and photographing hundreds of farm families through the years, he developed a finely tuned knack for showing up at mealtime and a deep appreciation for the warmth and generosity of country folks everywhere.
Since joining the Country staff a couple years ago, Robin says, “My favorite part of the job is talking with our reader/writers about their favorite horse stories, homemade log cabins or memories of growing up on one-mule farms in the ’30s. You won’t find more genuine, friendly and fun people anywhere.”
Robin and his wife, Kathy, live on 10 acres in southern Wisconsin with two nice old mares, a couple of squirrelly ponies, a dog, cat and the world’s ugliest tractor.
The Best of CountryIT’S all here in one impressive, full-color book-the most breathtaking photos, inspiring stories and popular features from the first two decades of Country magazine! In The Best of Country you also get updates on Alaskan rancher Cora Holmes and the adorable "You been farmin' long?" kids...the editors' favorite recipes...the Top 10 cover photos and more. Hardcover, over 250 color photos, 192 pages. 8-3/8" x 11-1/8". Order yours today! |
Editorial Assistant Maxine Burak joined the Country editorial staff in 2003 after working for 10 years in the customer contact center. Working with contributors and field editors is her favorite part of the job. She also enjoys reading the treasured memories readers share with us and seeing their many wonderful country photos.
Life in the country is something Maxine understands and values. She was raised on a grain farm in Saskatchewan, where people helping people is a way of life. She always says, “The country is the best starting and ending place a life can have.”
Maxine loves to drive, and her most treasured country roads are those that take her to her family. She has a daughter who lives in Iowa—a chemical engineer in the city by day and a country woman in a farming community by night.
Her mum up in Canada still sends meals to the field at the young age of 86. And, even though the road home always seems a little longer, Maxine says, “That’s okay—there’s really no need to hurry back from the country.”