Reports detail minority underrepresentation among state’s businesses

Black, Latino and Native American businesses remain underrepresented in Wisconsin’s economy, a series of UW-Madison reports show.  The university’s Community Economic Development program recently released the reports on Black, Latino, Asian, and Native-owned companies in the state, detailing their growth over time as well as persistent challenges for each minority

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$23.2M in funding awarded for food industry infrastructure projects

Thirty projects aimed at boosting Wisconsin’s food production industry are getting $23.2 million through a USDA infrastructure program, state and federal officials announced.  Funding for the projects comes from the agency’s Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program, which aims to strengthen the “middle of the food supply chain,” expanding markets for

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