The following article was initially published on Nov. 27, 2018 via KUNC. By Madelyn Beck Fields, crops and farm animals are part of the agriculture-industry landscape, but an increasingly small one. The number of farm and ranch managers shrunk by about 20 percent between 1996 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics. At […]
The following article was initially posted on Nov. 21, 2018 via Clay & Milk. By Jake Slobe In 2017, Wendy Wintersteen became Iowa State University’s 16th president and the first woman to ever hold the position. Since then, Wintersteen has made creating and supporting a strong entrepreneurial culture a top priority throughout the university. “Since Iowa […]
The following article was initially published on Oct. 31, 2018 via Inman. Predictive listings service RealityHop says the metropolitan areas of Omaha-Council Bluffs, Des Moines and Pittsburgh are better bets than NYC or LA. By Bryson Masse Where should Millennials looking to buy a home move to? RealtyHop, a startup sale and rental listings portal that […]
The following article was initially posted on on Aug. 2, 2018 via U.S. News. Best States for Pre-K – 12 Half the weighting in evaluating education goes to pre-K through 12th grade. Overall, the generation progressing through school now is the most educated ever. In the 2016 Census, the source of this data, almost 90 […]
The following release was initially published on Nov. 13, 2018 via The Ag Startup Engine. AMES, Iowa, November 13, 2018 – Ag Startup Engine (ASE), located within the Iowa State University (ISU) Research Park, announced that the seven agricultural startups in their portfolio of companies collectively raised over ten million dollars in follow-on investments. A milestone […]
By Tia Snyder, tsnyder@cultivationcorridor.org In America’s Cultivation Corridor, the next generation of Iowa State entrepreneurs are creating cutting-edge ideas that will impact the nation’s agriculture and food supply for years to come. The organization helping these future leaders garner success? The university’s Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative (AgEI). Founded in 2005, the program expands on the ag […]
The following article was initially published on Aug. 8, 2018 by Conde Nast Traveler. By CNT Editors That Southern hospitality is no joke. Over the last six years, we’ve asked our readers to rate a city’s “friendliness” in the Readers’ Choice Awards survey, especially with respect to where you felt welcome. Did an outgoing local […]
This is an installment in the “Why Iowa?” series highlighting individuals in America’s Cultivation Corridor with unique journeys Family brought Jaci Robson to Iowa from Manchester, United Kingdom. After years of living and working in large cities, she’s found a great fit with a top-notch quality of life in Central Iowa and global responsibilities in […]