Farmshoring

Farmshoring is a term I've missed but has been around for several years.  It describes outsourcing or locating operations in rural areas of the US instead of moving them off-shore.   The advantages are:

• fewer cultural or language barriers
• no time zone issues
• lower complexity due to a lack of foreign laws and regulations
• easier to set up and manage
• cheaper and easier travel
• access to a well educated work force at reasonable costs

The Wisconsin Technology Network has a good article on attracting farmshoring business to rural Wisconsin. 

I first saw this on the EDpro blog.