We’ve gotten accustomed to being able to find the foods we want no matter the season. Does our picky toddler request strawberries in the dead of winter? No problem. Can we make a recipe that calls for butternut squash in…
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FR8relay CEO Joins Forbes Business Council
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffFounder and CEO of Arkansas-based technology startup FR8relay Aayush Thakur was recently accepted into the Forbes Business Council, the foremost growth and networking organization for successful business owners and leaders worldwide. Thakur was vetted and selected by a review committee…
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U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Conway $24.6M for Connect Conway Greenway Trail
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe city of Conway announced recently that it has been awarded $24.6 million by the United States Department of Transportation to construct the Connect Conway greenway trail with funding from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary…
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Tyson Foods Releases 2022 Third Quarter Report
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSpringdale-based global food giant, Tyson Foods, released its third quarter 2022 report on Aug. 8, showing a decrease in operating income for the quarter, overall gains and debt reduction for the year, and an improving chicken segment. “We delivered solid…
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USDA Grants UAMS $738k for Health Equipment for Rural Sites, Prisons
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences recently received a grant from the US Department of Agriculture that will go toward the purchase of equipment to provide long-distance learning opportunities to 36 sites around the state, including six prisons. Additionally,…
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ASBTDC Offers Free Webinars to Prepare for Federal Funding Opportunity
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is offering a free summer series designed to help small businesses win federal funding for research and development of innovative technologies with…
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UA Pine Bluff Graduates First Agricultural Engineering Major
Allison Malone of Memphis is the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). The degree program, which was initiated in 2019, trains students to meet the demand for…
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Arkansas Awarded $96M For 19 Flood Control Projects Across State
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas is set to receive the largest federal investment of any state in the nation for new flood control projects as a result of the $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in Nov. 2021. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural…
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Winrock, USDA SHARE Project to Improve Worker Health in Delta
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $998,834 to improve the health and wellness of the rural workforce in four Arkansas counties that currently experience higher rates of chronic diseases, health risk factors and other health disparities. The USDA…
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USDA Program to Deploy Renewable Energy Infrastructure to Rural Towns
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffUSDA Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will make up to $10 million available to help residents of rural towns develop renewable energy projects that will help cut energy costs and contribute to the nationwide…