Joshua Bickel

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

July 31, 2025

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Berkshire Hathaway Writes Down Its Investment in Kraft Heinz

August 4, 2025

A customer buys Chinese made ginger candy at 99 Ranch Market, an Asian grocery store in Los Angeles, April 7, 2025.

Vast Majority of U.S. Adults Stressed About Grocery Costs

August 4, 2025

Glass Plant Shuts Down Production, Cuts Dozens of Jobs

August 1, 2025

Streamline, Save, and Scale with Material Transfer's Custom Solutions

Streamline, Save, and Scale with Material Transfer's Custom Solutions

Streamline your process, enhance safety, cut costs, and scale seamlessly with Material Transfer's custom solutions.

August 1, 2025

Christmas trees bend toward the ground as a result of recent flooding, July 9, 2025, Georgetown, Texas.

Texas Floodwaters Damaged Crops, Endangered Livestock; Now Farmers and Ranchers Are Cleaning Up

"We just continue to try to mitigate our losses and reduce our risk around events like this.”

July 11, 2025

Artificial ponds for farmed fish operate near crop fields Saturday, April 19, 2025, at a Mainstream USA fish farm in Dateland, Ariz.

In the Arizona Desert, a Farm Raising Fish Raises Questions About Water Use

Some experts question whether growing fish in an arid region can work without high environmental costs.

June 13, 2025

Kelly Saxer, lead farmer at Agritopia, harvests lettuce, April 22, 2025, Gilbert, Ariz.

A Little Bit of Farm, a Little Bit of Suburbia: That's the Recipe for Agritopia

The 11-acre organic farm is all that remains after miles were swallowed up by Phoenix-area development.

May 28, 2025

A spreader applies sewage sludge to a farm field, Feb. 17, 2025, Wellston, Okla.

Residue from Human Waste Has Long Wound Up as Farm Fertilizer

And some neighbors hate it.

March 26, 2025

Zoe Kent prepares to create a social media video at her farm in Bucyrus, Ohio, Jan. 20, 2025.

On 'Farmtok,' Agriculture Gets its Moment in the Spotlight

What would it mean if it disappeared?

January 22, 2025

A boat motors through Lake Erie during an algal bloom, Maumee Bay State Park, Oregon, Ohio, Aug. 26, 2024.

On Lake Erie, Getting Rid of Problem Algae Starts with Giving it Less Food

The algae's late-summer peak covered about 660 square miles this year.

October 22, 2024