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Indigenous baby food aims to improve health of babies and the environment

Indigenous baby food aims to improve health of babies and the environment

Indigenous Peoples Task Force in Minneapolis is preparing to release a baby food next year under the brand name Indigi-Baby. It will be made from traditional Native American ingredients like wild rice, Gete-Okosomin squash and rutabaga.
by Max Nesterak

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Fargo scientists search for next generation of plant-based plastics

Fargo scientists search for next generation of plant-based plastics

A national collaboration of scientists from four universities is breaking new ground in the search for plant-based plastic to replace petroleum-based materials.
by Dan Gunderson

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4-day workweek gave big boost to worker productivity, Microsoft Japan says

4-day workweek gave big boost to worker productivity, Microsoft Japan says

Employees at Microsoft Japan worked four days a week, enjoyed a three-day weekend — and got their normal, five-day paycheck. As part of the trial, the company also capped meetings at 30 minutes.
by Bill Chappell

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Krispy Kreme reverses course, allows student resale service

Krispy Kreme reverses course, allows student resale service

Krispy Kreme has reached an agreement with a Minnesota college student who drove to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of doughnuts to resell them in the Twin Cities area.
by The Associated Press

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Unskilled jobs draw migrants, changing face of small towns across America

Unskilled jobs draw migrants, changing face of small towns across America

A meatpacking town in the Texas Panhandle is a magnet for immigrants who will do unpopular jobs. The once all-white county has adjusted to its more diverse population.
by John Burnett

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Krispy Kreme orders student to halt doughnut resale service

Krispy Kreme orders student to halt doughnut resale service

An enterprising Minnesota college student who drove to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that he then sold to his own customers in the Twin Cities area has been warned by the confectionary giant to stop.
by The Associated Press

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McDonald's CEO pushed out after relationship with employee

McDonald's CEO pushed out after relationship with employee

McDonald's chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee, the corporation said Sunday.
by The Associated Press

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StoryCorps: Brothers pass on their farmer father's life lessons

StoryCorps: Brothers pass on their farmer father's life lessons

Arguster and Lebronze Davis and their 14 siblings grew up and worked with their parents on the family's Alabama farm. "There's only two things in life a person actually owns, and that is his name and his word,” Arguster says. "In his own way, that's what Daddy left me with."
by Emma Bowman and Camila Kerwin

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UAW president taking leave amid corruption probe

The United Auto Workers announced Saturday that President Gary Jones is taking a paid leave of absence amid a federal investigation of corruption within the union.

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