Internet use in rural areas rose to 61 percent (from 2 percent) between 2000 and 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But recent reports show that overall infrastructural expansion has slowed down due to lack of funding. One big challenge associated with installation is the time frame needed for installation at the new customer’s household, especially in […]
The American road system is rated by the the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) as a “D,” largely due, according to civil engineer Chris Sunde, “to the huge funding deficit on our infrastructure.” He’s right — the ASCE’s Failure to Act report states that our surface transportation funding gap through 2025 is over $1 […]
Genetically engineered crops have been in our food system since the 1990s and are closely monitored by the FDA. Crops like corn, fruits, cotton and others are genetically changed to enhance nutritional value and increase resistance to damaging weather patterns, pests and plant diseases. The process behind genetically engineering crops interested Dr. Hans Waldenmaier‘s attention during […]
Think about it — you may not always have your laptop, and you may not want to get email to your mobile phone, but when was the last time you didn’t read a text? Marketers are wising up to this fact, and, while email still remains the mainstay of mass marketing communications (though average email […]
Across the United States, 22 percent of food-insecure households fall under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — what we used to call food stamps — totaling $126 billion in food assistance per year. However, the spending power that the program allocates monthly is often held back due to a largely analog, physical-only system. “People on […]