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Rural Manufacturing Matters

Rural Manufacturing Matters

You’ll have a hard time finding someone who doesn’t support domestic manufacturing. Manufacturing has the highest multiplier effect of any industry. It has long been the path to the middle class by providing good, year-round family-wage jobs that raise the standard of...

Fair Trade Requires Talk, Not Tariffs

Fair Trade Requires Talk, Not Tariffs

To sustain a healthy, resilient economy and high quality of life for current and future generations, we need to make things, not just buy things. We need to responsibly utilize, not just preserve.  We have to make what we can here at home (and prioritize those things...

Top 5 Reasons to be #ForestProud

Top 5 Reasons to be #ForestProud

  We have a lot to be proud of in this industry. Here are the top five reasons I’m #ForestProud: #1 – Timber keeps the Pacific Northwest green—in more ways than one!  Roughly one-third of all forestland in Oregon and Washington is privately owned. The decision to...

Closing the Gender Gap at Hampton

Closing the Gender Gap at Hampton

Diversity makes us stronger.  Whether we’re talking about age, race, culture, or gender, diversity enriches our organization by introducing different perspectives, experiences, skills, and interests.  Unfortunately, in our industry, diversity, particularly gender...