Tag: June 2015
Cyber Attack and Security: Managing the Risk of Cyber Attack
Editor’s Note: Gary Shertenlieb, of Palomar Insurance, died in early May, not long after talking with us for this article.
In 2013, cyber thieves hacked one...
Canola Crop – 100-Year-Old Farm Yields a New Crop
In 2007, Ernst Cebert, Ph.D., a research scientist at Alabama A&M University, visited Bridgeforth Farms in Tanner. He wanted to share his recent research...
2015-16 Alabama AGC Membership Directory
Click here to download and view the Alabama AGC section featured in June 2015.
Heidi Elnora – How to Build a Nationwide Boutique
Like many a girl, Heidi Elnora dreamed of beautiful ball gowns and sketched her elegant designs. But unlike most of the others, Elnora has...
The Farmer’s Chief Executive
Jimmy Parnell grew up knowing what it meant to work literally until the cows came home. As a child at his family’s Chilton County...
John McMillan – A Path to Alabama Wine Dominance?
Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan thinks folks in Alabama should be thinking more seriously about the state’s share of America’s $162 billion wine industry.
McMillan’s office...
Alabama’s Largest Commercial Insurance Agencies 2015
Source: Business Alabama surveys Click here to view the complete listing.
Birmingham Building Boom
The magic is back. Birmingham is booming — uptown, midtown, downtown. New buildings are going up. Old buildings are being restored. A new energy,...
Mobile County Takes The Spotlight for Shipbuilding
Mobile County, in southwest Alabama, is the state’s second most populous county. It has the state’s only seaport, and is known for its booming...
Polaris Industries (Leading Manufacturer) – Alabama’s Latest Big Ride
Scott Wine, 48, is CEO and chairman of Polaris Industries, the world’s leading manufacturer of powersports vehicles — off-road vehicles and snowmobiles — with...