Spinning a yarn
After 50 years in the outdoor garment business, Doug Hoschek changed an industry. Now he wants to change it back.
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On the scene: ‘Employer market the one thing that’s working’
As the national health care battle rages, employers implement new wellness and cost-containment measures.
Tangled up in Wool
How an effort to green the textile market turned into a referendum on animal welfare, national monuments and an iconic outdoor trade show.
Two-tier tax a burden for cider producers
Filing taxes is never a pleasant task, but for cider producers, the rules are particularly onerous.
NORPAC CEO stepping down, reflects on changing agriculture and food processing landscape
A conversation with George Smith, president and CEO of NORPAC Foods.
Oregon’s transportation crisis ‘at a tipping point’
The state’s underinvestment in transportation is at a crisis point that will force the hand of the public and private sector to consider alternative funding sources, said panelists at an Oregon Business Hot Topics, Cool Talks discussion this morning.
Entrepreneurs: Driving a new era of clean, green change
During a panel discussion held Tuesday night at the Joinery, a group of small business owners, startup executives and a developer grappled with the entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities of sustainability: how to define the term, obstacles to implementation and the need to catalyze a bold new era of clean, green leadership in Oregon.