We are gearing up to traverse (at least symbolically) America looking for communities that are rebuilding their economy around People, Planet and Profit and American Made. We will start here in New England…the hub of our beginning as a country. While learning from our history, we hope to discover exciting innovations that are moving us … Continue reading
american made magazine is ready for the next step and has entered the MassChallege! And so now you ask what is the MassChallenge? MassChallenge is a Boston, Massachusetts incubator and accelerator program for startup businesses. Aside from the potential funding that you qualify for if selected as a final winner, after the 3 month accelerator … Continue reading
Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report. In the scope of most visited blogging sites 1,600 views could … Continue reading
Constitutional law is not something the average citizen usually fully grasps, including myself. I must admit that in order to understand the Bill of Rights and the Constitution of the United States of America, along with all of the amendments and how these documents apply to public policy in the context of their full unbiased … Continue reading
Each holiday season across the country the tradition of the”Holiday Stroll” brings community to the central square, where streets are dotted by small shops stocked with beautiful artisans’ wares – crafted with skill and love. Pamela McKay, like many other artisans, works out of her home. She retreats to her studio as soon as her … Continue reading
Small to midsize businesses are the life blood of the American economy, or at least historically they were. In the article we referenced at the Daily Mail for our Black Friday post, Mark Duell cited: Small businesses are not necessarily better employers in terms of wages, benefits, opportunities for advancement and other measures, said North … Continue reading
“…All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they came first (but afterward decreased by degrees). And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many …” William Bradford writing in Of … Continue reading
american made magazine has landed in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Just north of Boston and once referred to as the “Queen Shoe City of the World”, Haverhill sits along the banks of the mighty Merrimack River. It was the shoe industry that first made Haverhill’s mark on the world. In 1811, 20,000 pair of shoes were being … Continue reading
The Slow Food International movement has changed the way we consume, grow and relate to our food. It all started with one man, Carlo Petrini, and his opposition to the opening of a McDonalds in his local community. Imagine…one man took a stand that is now shaping a global movement around our relationship with our food. In … Continue reading
So as I am doing a little homework (for my Spanish class) this afternoon – reading Born in Blood & Fire – A Concise History of Latin America, I decide to look up Brazil and Occupy Wall Street. Brazil was one of the last countries in the new Americas to move from a monarchy to … Continue reading
