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High performing teams consistently meet their goals, work cohesively and consistently, and are engaged in their work. What makes a high performing team so successful? These five characteristics are key components of team success.The biggest factor separating high performing teams from average teams i

One topic most red, blue, and green politicians — and, even more strikingly, farmers — agree on is climate change; it’s real.In fact, notes the Dec. 2020 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, 58 percent of …

The next generation of farmers in the United States might not be whom we expect. If the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the importance of farmworkers in our food system, the story left out a rising class of farmworkers who now own their craft with the help of incubator programs across the country. Latinx

Black farmers expecting change under Biden administrationLoading the player...Sedrick Rowe was a runningback for Fort Valley State University in Georgia and discovered an organic farm on the grounds …

The counties moving to Phase 2 are represented in two of the state's regions -- the Puget Sound and West regions -- which are part of the state's new phased reopening plan that looks at four …

February is Black History Month, a national recognition of the crucial existence of Black communities in our country's tarnished history. If you're not already educating yourself about Black achievements (and the injustices the community has faced) year-round, this month is the time to do so. And bei

Mutated versions of the coronavirus threaten to prolong the pandemic, perhaps for years — killing more people and deepening the global economic crisis in the process.The big picture: The U.S. and the …

The founder of a DEI consultancy says get ready for a year of uncomfortable conversations, as it will be the everyday work of allies that will make the difference over the long term.The year 2020 brought a global reckoning on race unlike anything we’ve witnessed in modern history. Diversity trainings

The benefits of waiting.

"...we anticipate that the social distancing requirements and all the other things that I’ve already talked about in terms of partitioning and PPE will continue to be something that we have to implement or to put into play with our agricultural operations.”

His company, Biochar Now, uses the contraptions to convert wood into biochar, a carbon-rich charcoal that can help soil retain water and nutrients.

One of President Joe Biden's first post-inauguration acts was to realign the United States with the Paris climate accord, but a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrates ...

"If you have a physical covering with one layer, if you put another layer on it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective," Fauci told reporters.

The terms "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns" are often used in project management and strategic planning circles.

“Broadband can save lives, and everybody deserves to have it,” Raimondo said.