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Farming Creativity

From: Rendered

Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Bring on the Bling! - A reality TV series and the business that's booming because of it.

From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame

Caption: Sondra Celli discusses a dress design with Carol, Credit: Sondra Celli

Turn on the television at any hour, and you're bound to find a reality television show on. Many of these shows feature businesses - there are shows...

Digital Detox

From: John L Myers

Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Salty Lou’s Local Lobster

From: JP Davidson

Caption: Rob Martin, Cape Cod lobsterman, Credit: JP Davidson

A lobsterman and his girlfriend try to build the market for locally caught and processed lobster, in an increasingly global industry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Nonprofit Narrows Science Gap Between U.S. And Africa

From: Curt Nickisch

Caption: Seeding Labs' founder Nina Dudnik speaks with a visiting African fellow during a laboratory tour., Credit: Anne Allmeling

The gap between science in the U.S. and Africa is as wide as the ocean between them. But a nonprofit startup is trying to be a good Samaritan with ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

Havana Road

From: Andrew Hiller

The American Dream travels a little ways down the Havana Road. When the economy tanked in 2009, Marta Quintana lost her job and her stock portfo...

The Urban Lobsterman

From: Curt Nickisch

Caption: Sixty-eight-year-old Skip Ryan has been catching lobster on Boston Harbor for more than 50 years., Credit: Jess Bidgood

A profile of an urban lobsterman. Amid the cruise ships and cargo vessels and whale-watching boats that motor in and out of the Boston Harbor each...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Positive Energy

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...