Our on-again, off-again trade wars have an underlying theme: that tariffs on imports will boost domestic manufacturing. The assumption is that more U.S.-based large-scale manufacturing, like auto ...

Small scale manufacturers in Marshalltown will get a chance to advance their business and relocate into a downtown space thanks to an initiative the Chamber of Commerce applied for and was accepted ...

The quest to rebuild American manufacturing is now in full force. Large-scale manufacturing has been moving back into the United States for a number of years, and recent commitments suggest the ...

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

One of the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is the way it has transformed office use, threatening the viability of storefront retail in downtown office buildings. Owners of such commercial ...

Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate. The contribution of small and industrial-scale farming to ...