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A New Beginning After being dismissed following 12 years at Kraft Foods, Paul Scharfman was at a crossroads. The Wisconsin resident considered next career steps that would fit his food industry sales experience. Having owned his own small business in his teens and early 20s, Scharfman decided to reenter the entrepreneurial world. In … [More...]
A New Beginning After being dismissed following 12 years at Kraft Foods, Paul Scharfman was at a crossroads. The Wisconsin resident considered next career steps that would fit his food industry sales experience. Having owned his own small … [More...]
Courtesy photo - Madeline Moore (left) and Rethinking Rural colleagues Denise Pranger and Malloree Weinheimer came together to help rural millennials … [Read More...]
Before Sam Lillie founded a rural startup, he took a hike. It was a five-month, 2,653-mile hike to be exact, down the Pacific Crest trail … [Read More...]
Students in West Virginia testing local water as part of their Simulated Workplace curriculum. | Photo courtesy West Virginia Department of … [Read More...]
Grace Pshigoda and her husband Ashley have worked hard to renovate a historic building in their hometown of Spearman, Texas. They turned the top floor of the 100-year-old structure into a three-room bed and breakfast and are opening the main floor … [Listen...]
Rachel Granstra is a young mom and business owner living with her husband, Brennan, and twin daughters in northwest Iowa. She’s been in the region her … [Read More...]
Kristin Thompson’s passion for plants and the empowerment of growing her own food started from a young age and has been calling her ever since. She … [Read More...]
Specialty Cheese Company is headquartered at a former high school in Reeseville, Wisc., population 679. The company is innovative in its growth and … [Read More...]
