This week UpField was among a group of food and agriculture leaders who attended a Farm Illinois event in Chicago. The theme of the event was meeting the demands of the new and future consumer. The...
This past week the UpField Group was privileged to serve as the keynote speaker for the Northwest Ohio Ag Business Breakfast Forum, hosted by CIFT. The title of the presentation: The Intersection b...
As prefaced in our previous post, we would like to share additional insights from our survey research in the coming weeks. Throughout our findings, the topic of genetically modified organisms (GMO’...
Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. I truly appreciate your time, as well as your interest in the work we are doing. If there is one thing that I have taken away from working in a...
It is an exciting time for energy companies and solar activity in Illinois following the passing of the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA). The 2016 Act has created lucrative incentives, and solar devel...
Mixed drinks, wines, beers and other alcoholic drinks come with a price not only to our wallets, but to our bodies as well. When choosing to sip on something bubbly there is a product that can ease...
A blog series by Sara Harper for publishing on UpField Group’s blog, UpField Social Media and LinkedIn Pulse.
Successful entrepreneurs find a gap in the market and provide an innovative ...
Will seaweed become more of a staple in the American Diet? A new company called Blue Evolution is hoping so; they source from North America and perform minimal processing on their product. In part ...
Exploring the Stories of Challenger Brands and How They Intersect with American Agriculture
Gift From the Sea. Our minds go right to fish and shellfish, maybe even to Jesus enabling a bi...
Long gone are the tasks for interns to get more coffee, copy papers, and pick up dry cleaning. Back in 2014 “according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 97 percent of la...
