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Amazon Air Fills Skies and Airports With Packages

by Keith SchneiderJanuary 16, 2021June 23, 20210

HEBRON, Ky. â€“ Since the pandemic started nearly a year ago, 15,000 fewer people arrive and depart daily from CVG, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Yet the 60 percent drop in passenger traffic is not nearly so apparent on the four runways, miles of taxiways, and hundreds of acres of concrete apron handling record amounts of air cargo — nearly 4,000 tons a day. Ranked by the Federal Aviation Administration as the nationâ€™s sixth largest cargo …

AppHarvest’s Big Idea: Bringing Food Production Indoor At A Mammoth Kentucky Greenhouse

by Keith SchneiderSeptember 4, 2019September 4, 20192

MOREHEAD, Ky. â€“ Almost 70 percent of American consumers, including those who love fresh tomatoes, are a dayâ€™s drive from eastern Kentucky. That proximity to big markets is the primary reason AppHarvest is building the largest greenhouse in the United States in a big field in Rowan County just outside this university town. Sometime next summer, when production commences, the $97 million, 60-acre building will begin shipping 45 million pounds of fresh produce annually, primarily …

Heroes of the Ohio River Valley

by Keith SchneiderApril 13, 2019May 19, 20190

MARIETTA, OHIO – My definition of a hero is someone who defies convention, dares to challenge the powerful, does well by the public good, and deepens their own sense of purpose. I’ve crossed the paths of a number of these select individuals over the years, written about quite a few of them, and earned sufficient trust to call a handful of them my friends. Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior in the 1960s — one …