Could Memphis be the Silicon Valley of ag?
With a vast network of regional farmers pairing up with startups and technology companies, Memphis could be poised to disrupt the agriculture industry.
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Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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With a vast network of regional farmers pairing up with startups and technology companies, Memphis could be poised to disrupt the agriculture industry.
Addiction and substance abuse professionals are gathering at the Shelby County Opioid Summit this week to address what they define as a genetic brain disorder that has turned into a public health crisis.
Green Mountain Technology is in hiring mode. In an effort to keep more tech graduates in Memphis, it is setting up a shop on the University of Memphis campus.
Plans to house a University of Memphis-operated middle school at St. Anne Catholic Church have fallen through, but the university says it still hopes to open the school this fall.
After the previous spa owners could not make enough money to sustain their business, the general manager of Big Cypress Lodge at the Pyramid went after the city's largest salon spa operator.
Surrounding property owners are taking advantage of a $29 million joint city and federal effort underway to turn the poverty-stricken former Foote Homes public housing site into a viable mixed-income community.
As a new small business owner, networking seemed like something Kelsey Loebel didn't have time for, but a connection helped lead to buying a commercial kitchen and storefront for the home baker.
In the 12 years Meri Armour has led the children's hospital, Le Bonheur has grown from a community hospital to a national center of pediatric innovation.
Recent Shelby County Schools special education graduates have been preparing for jobs in health care this year through Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's expanded partnership with Project SEARCH.
The definition of “first aid” is growing given that 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. experience a mental health crisis in a given year.
Following Wednesday's zoning approval, more details were revealed about who Belz Investco GP is partnering with to open a new brewery in Uptown.
As community hospitals have closed in Haywood and Fayette counties, Baptist Memorial Health Care has been trying for years to get a certificate of need to build a freestanding emergency department in nearby Arlington.
Representatives from cities ranging from Pittsburgh to Little Rock are in Memphis this week to learn how local stakeholders came together to equip code enforcement with the power of the law to take down blighted properties.
Beginning July 1, out-of-state students in certain programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will pay a reduced tuition rate.
A brigade of community health educators are tearing out carpets and cleaning up dust to help local children with asthma breathe a little easier thanks to funding from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee.
When EDGE learned that a local manufacturing operation had not fulfilled its job creation promise, it began steps to remove the company from a tax incentive program.
Two development groups are looking for a break on property taxes to help balance the cost of their Midtown apartment projects.
Doctors, nurses and staff are going through a "day in the life" of patients to prepare for the consolidation of various Methodist University Hospital departments into the new $275 million Shorb Tower later this month.
Workplace wellness used to mean "biggest loser" competitions and smoking cessation, but is evolving as mental health issues have become more apparent.
With children in Shelby County experiencing twice as many adverse childhood experiences than the national average, a symposium was held Friday to turn awareness into action.
Baptist Memorial Health Care is offering a new breast cancer procedure that enables women to opt out of the weeks of radiation therapy following surgery.
Several projects, including new office space and a new six-story apartment project in Midtown, received mulityear tax abatements for their investments Tuesday.
Two teachers from Memphis are being recognized for their teachings on the Holocaust as part of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission’s annual day of remembrance Tuesday.
Philip Spinosa, senior vice president of the Chairman's Circle, becomes the fifth person to leave a leadership position at the Greater Memphis Chamber since last summer.
Depending on where the viewer is standing, Downtown Memphis' latest art installation will read "MEMPHIS" to some and "SIHPMEM" to others.