"A guild (or ecological guild) is any group of species that exploit the same resources, often in related ways. It does not follow that the species within a guild occupy the same, or even similar, ecological niches. Guilds are defined according to the locations, the attributes, and the activities of their component species. Members of a guild within a given ecology could be competing and/or cooperating for the same or different resources. A guild ...

This book by Richard Longworth portrays a challenging description of the consequences the Midwest faces in the arena of Globalization. How can we in the NWI Region survive and thrive?