June 29, 2015 8:00 PM | The Made in America Movement

Innovation, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, STEM, Technology

The Next Industrial Revolution Should Happen In America

The ‘Industrial Internet’ is poised to overhaul the way companies manufacture goods, in turn changing our everyday interactions with products. Imagine yourself five years from now, sitting around a picnic table with a group of friends. One…

Consumer Products, Food Products, Recalls, USDA

1.7 million lbs of Frozen Chicken May Be Contaminated with Salmonella

Barber Foods is recalling 1,707,494 pounds of raw frozen chicken products after the U.S. Department of Agriculture received reports of a cluster of people in Minnesota and Wisconsin becoming ill with salmonella poisoning. The Portland, Maine…

American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Small Business, Sourcing, Sustainability

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing US Manufacturing Jobs

WHY MANUFACTURING SHOULD RETURN TO AMERICA There has been a staggering loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. since the early 2000s, leaving many formerly booming industrial cities as near ghost towns. While many companies try to justify…

Country of Origin (COOL), Food Products, USDA

Beef Imports from FMD Infected Brazil & Argentina Approved

USDA Approval of Brazilian Beef Imports Coming Soon?? Foot & Mouth Disease Threat Alert! USDA appears to be gearing up to do the unthinkable: allowing fresh beef imports from Brazil, a country contaminated with highly contagious Foot-and-Mouth…

Consumer Products, Country of Origin (COOL), Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, Sourcing, Walmart

7 Key Facts to Keep in Mind about Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit

It’s been two and a half years since Walmart announced its so-called “U.S. manufacturing initiative”, which means it’s time for another PR-heavy, Walmart manufacturing “summit,” this one in Bentonville, Arkansas on July…

Man on the moon - U.S. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during Apollo 11.

American History

Apollo 11 Lands The First Man On The Moon in 1969

(Originally published by the Daily News on July 21, 1969. This story was written by Mark Bloom.) HOUSTON, July 20 - Two men landed on the moon today and for more than two hours walked its forbidding surface in mankind’s first exploration…

Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Technology, TPP

Made in USA Nike Footwear a Slam Dunk — Some Day

Nike took advantage of the attention generated by President Obama's visit last week to make a bold statement: It would open a footwear factory in the United States, employing 10,000, if an international trade agreement gets approved. That's…

Nike CEO Mark Parker told President Obama about U.S. manufacturing 4 years ago. POTUS, Nike Made in USA, American made Nike, Made in USA Sneakers

American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, TPP

Nike CEO told POTUS About U.S. Manufacturing 4 Years Ago

When President Obama visited Oregon in 2011, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker foreshadowed what was on the sneaker giant's horizon. Obama was in the state to visit Intel in Hillsboro. But Parker found a moment to tell the president something…

American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, Technology, TPP

Nike To Create 10,000 Jobs in U.S. with Approved Trade Pact

As it prepared to welcome President Obama to its headquarters campus Friday morning, Nike announced it would pour more money into advanced footwear manufacturing in the United States if and when the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement…

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, TPP

Read Obama’s Speech at Nike: Full text

The White House posted the full text of President Barack Obama's speech at Nike headquarters near Beaverton on Friday morning. The White House has also posted a video of the speech. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Oregon! (Applause.) Well,…