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GFDA Top Ten for 3-17-24

Congratulations to Big Sandy Organics in Big Sandy on winning a Organic Market Development Grant to upgrade and expand their processing their food processing line for organic grains and pulses. They will be expanding their processing capacity and increasing the number of offerings with this 3 million dollar award. 

Join us for a conversation with one of the greatest CEOs in the world on 3/27

Beginning March 27, we’re bringing you a monthly opportunity to have genuine conversations with global tech and business leaders. 

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

One quarter of residents in the French capital now live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive effort to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

In Finland, people get prizes for their unwanted textiles

In the quest for a more sustainable future, the Finnish city of Lahti has taken a remarkable step with an innovative pilot program called the Textile Deposit scheme. This incentivized recycling program aims to encourage locals to actively sort and recycle their textile waste instead of sending it to the landfill.

Video: 3D images of over 13,000 museum specimens now free to everyone

More than a research project, oVert was a collaboration between like-minded specialists across 25 institutions whose sole objective was to add value to museum collections by making them more widely available. Importantly, these images provide an insight that would only otherwise be obtained by destructive dissection and tissue sampling.

Creating More Gender Equality in the Workplace

Professor Maurice Schweitzer explains how shifting perspectives on gender are affecting women at work.

The FCC Now Says Broadband Speed Should Be at Least 100 Mbps

The old broadband standard of 25 Mbps wasn’t cutting it anymore.

Warren Buffett Says This Is the Single Greatest Skill to Boost Your Career and Improve Your Worth By 50%

It’s an ‘asset that will last you 50 or 60 years,’ according to Buffett.

The rural workforce is changing. Colleges are scrambling to keep up. 

Across America, rural workforces have been stretched beyond recognition in the wake of the pandemic. The sudden move toward telework has shifted housing and labor markets, creating a crisis of affordability for long-time residents plus a growing demand for hands-on labor in health care, construction and other fields. Amid rapid change, colleges are struggling to adapt fast enough to meet their communities’ needs.

Turning sawdust into high-value green biochemicals

A company uses ultrasound to turn low-value bio-waste into useful chemicals for a range of applications