Kevin Morse, CEO and co-founder of Cairnspring Mills, says the company is opening a new stone mill, Blue Mountain Mill, in Pendleton, Oregon, in partnership with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The expansion follows more than a decade operating in Washington's Skagit Valley, where Cairnspring works directly with farmers to grow and preserve specific wheat varieties for stone-milled flour sold to bakers.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-15
An executive in the cotton industry describes spending close to 200 days annually traveling to farms, mills, factories, brand headquarters and trade meetings worldwide. The executive says this constant in-person contact with people across the supply chain has shaped how they lead and make decisions.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-08
Following Futurism's investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company accused of buying distressed news outlets and turning them into AI-generated content farms with fake bylines, the network's sites have largely disappeared from Google News and Search. Publications like VegOut, Silicon Canals, and Space Daily, once dominating Google's 'For You' feed, are now nearly impossible to find even when searched by name.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-30
A Futurism investigation identified Brown Brothers Media (BBM), a company founded by three brothers, as the owner of a growing collection of websites converted into AI-generated content operations. The network reportedly began with a handful of brands created by the founders and has expanded through acquisitions of struggling publications, including established outlets like Silicon Canals and niche blogs alike. The report alleges the sites use fabricated bylines and invented first-person accounts alongside AI-produced articles.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-18