If Small Farm Central is any indication, there’s a niche out there for everyone. The web business, run by Simon Huntley, gives small farmers the tools to build a Web presence without paying thousands of dollars to do it. Huntley said a Web site gives farmers exposure they might not otherwise have, particularly when they’re […]
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My Modern Met: Architect James Law designed an unbelievable skyscraping residential complex for real estate company Wadhwa Group in Mumbai, India. One of the most outstanding and eye-popping features of the facility includes a series of swimming pools placed within each balcony. These pools appear like floating gelatinous molds extending at the edge of each
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Solar Novus: Floating solar panels soaking up the sun on Italy’s Lake Colignola will provide a cost-effective, more visually attractive way to harness the sun’s power, says its inventor, Marco Rosa-Clot. Rosa-Clot says while PV panels on buildings or fields use valuable farmland, lose energy through overheating and look ugly, his flower-petal-shaped panels come without
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Modern Farmer: Hilary Brooks never thought she’d be in the business of selling duck eggs. When starting Fork Creek Farm in North Carolina, she planned on selling duck meat, and maybe eating a few of the eggs herself. But when the owner of a natural foods store placed an order for duck eggs, she quickly
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Were it not for Obamacare, Lauren Braum, would be confronting a phenomenon that economists call “job lockâ€: when people stay in jobs they dislike, or don’t want, solely to keep their health coverage. When she was in college, Lauren Braun created a business making and selling silicone bracelets that function as punch cards, to remind
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Americans get riled up about climate change deniers, but lap up the quasi-religious snake oil at Whole Foods; it’s all pseudoscience — so why are some kinds of pseudoscience more equal than others? The Daily Beast: I’m talking, of course, about Whole Foods Market. From the probiotics aisle to the vaguely ridiculous Organic Integrity outreach
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Savvy shoppers comparison shop, especially online. Comparison shopping is something of an art; it isn’t enough to find the lowest price. Sometimes you have other benefits and perks to enter into the equation, like shipping. In any case, comparison shopping engines simplify the process for them, usually via search engines. CSE management programs simplify the
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Using marine surveying equipment can be a boon for business and industry due simply tot he fact that this equipment can change the way businesses view the offshore land that they want to use for their next projects. Underwater surveying equipment helps businesses to learn how to make the best use of their resources. Also,
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Ah, SEO. The thorn in any marketers side and an ongoing battle with the tyrant named Google. 2013 saw several significant changes to Google search, from Pandas to Penguins to their very first Hummingbird. Whilst there’s been a lot of buzz about what these changes might possibly mean for your brand’s ranking, there’s been less
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