Midwestern Apiaries are a Sweet Thing

The USDA attributes the pollination of 15 billion worth of crops in the U.S. annually to honeybees. This insect alone contributes between 1.2 and 5.4 billion dollars in agricultural productivity by pollinating 80 percent of all flowering plants, including more than 130 fruits, nuts, and vegetables. 

2023-06-03T09:42:32-04:00May 29, 2023|

Unbreakable: Glass in the Rust Belt

What’s left of domestic glass manufacturing in the U.S. remains concentrated in the Rust Belt–eight of the industry’s top ten employers are in Pennsylvania, New York, and the Midwest. But studio glassblowing is adding relevance to a material long forgotten by many communities shaped by it. Today, the Rust Belt is home to three of the United States’ top five hubs for glass studios.

2023-04-03T09:41:55-04:00March 29, 2023|

Dreaming at the Mattress Factory

Given that the Mattress Factory once made literal mattresses, the place where dreams most often form in our minds, it feels fitting that it’s now a site for collective dreaming.

2023-03-06T09:00:32-05:00March 1, 2023|

The New Stewards of Skateboarding

People like Sie and Scar and Dani and Frances are the future of skateboarding; they are part of a major sea change that will not only shift the demographics of skateboarding, it will also fundamentally alter its ethos. These are the new stewards of skateboarding.

2023-02-27T00:38:38-05:00February 22, 2023|

Hindsight and Regulation in East Palestine, Ohio

In the aftermath of the derailment, which released toxic chemicals into the streams and air around East Palestine, many are wondering how the country’s regulations around rail traffic could have allowed a train with 20 cars of hazardous material not to be considered a “high hazard.”

2023-02-25T10:18:20-05:00February 20, 2023|
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