Indoor Fish Farm Celebrated for Innovation, Paving Road for Iowa Aquaculture Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) says Iowa farmers are always looking for new opportunities, and aquaculture could be the next sector primed for growth. Jeff and Mark Nelson, cousins from Blairsburg, are trailblazers in Iowa aquaculture. The cousins successfully converted...
In less than a week after going live with voting on one of its nine business contests, Dream Big Grow Here has already attracted over 10,000 folks from across the United States to go online and champion Iowa small business owners vying for a shot at a $5,000...
Conrad Egusa, former writer for Venture Beat turned entrepreneur, found in his time as a reporter that one of the hardest things for entrepreneurs to do was find contact information for those people they thought might be interested in reporting on their company. For Startups looking for press coverage, it is...
As he headed to kindergarten, Fred Howells’s father started a row of Christmas trees for his son on the multigenerational farm as a project designed to introduce Fred to farming and help nance a future college education. Today, Howell’s Dry Florals & Greenhouse helps bridge the gap between...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 6, 2013) – This fall U.S. entrepreneurs will have a chance to compete against the best startups in the nation and, later, the world, as the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation hosts the first-ever “Get in the Ring: The American Startup Clash.” Get in the Ring is a...
By: Sarah Schwendinger During his youth, Gerald Young savored the secret family barbeque sauce his father had invented years ago. He dreamt of one day putting his father’s famous barbeque sauce on the market when he got older. His father was proud of the sauce he created, and...
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – June 27, 2013 – Puck Custom Enterprises, long heralded as an innovative, forward-looking agri-business, can celebrate a new accomplishment; the Manning-based organization has been named the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur Award winner for June. Puck Custom Enterprises, founded in the late 1970s...
There are a lot of uncertainties when venturing out into the entrepreneurial world; success in the market is a huge weight on most shoulders. However, healthcare coverage is another hurdle, and more often than not, many are unwilling to consider opportunities of self-employment because of this. Often times, people feel they...
Make your personal arguments, but nothing marks the official start of summer vacation better than that first Lemonade Stand pitched on the corner of Neighborhood, U.S.A. Picture it: the homemade poster with its letters bunched into an ill-planned right margin, the sweetened fruit of summer, young kids and budding entrepreneurs manning...
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA – May 30, 2013 – Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) says the Mills County grocer, Mulholland Grocery, has been a staple of Main Street Malvern since the 1870s and a facilitator for economic growth in the southwest Iowa community; it is why...
