Looking Back: 2014 Summary in Pictures
It’s a great time to look back and reflect upon what happened on the farms in 2014. I like to do this by reviewing the pictures I’ve taken. If you’ve followed this blog there have been a few posts during the year that told parts of the story as seasons and crops progressed, starting with […]
Ali Partovi: “The Real Reason Organic Costs More”
Farmland LP investor and partner Ali Partovi recently spoke at the New York Times’ Food For Tomorrow conference and his topic was…us! Thanks, Ali, for the recognition! We heard from one of the attendees that Ali “brought down the house…both because of his knowledge and passion around the topic, and because of his personal background […]
Investors See Our Sustainably Managed Farms in Action at Annual Event
This past Saturday investors, staff, farmers and other friends gathered at our farms near Corvallis for tours and dinner at our annual Oregon Stakeholder Appreciation Event. I just wanted to put a few of my favorite pictures from the day up to share and say thanks again for all who came. What we are doing […]
Top 5 Earth Day Strategies for Agriculture
If Earth Day offers a moment to reflect on how we’re treating the planet, then it’s critical to use this moment to rethink our approach to agriculture. For more than twelve millennia, humanity has employed agriculture to appropriate the Earth’s productive capacity for its own growth. And boy have we been successful! So successful, in […]
New Season at Our California Farmland
I’ve made two trips to our California farmland this year, the first in January and the second in April. Weather in January was bizarre, with record warm temperatures and incredibly dry. April was a relief, with green hills and normal spring temperatures. The first set of pictures are from January, followed by April. Fall sown […]
Seasons Changing at Farmland LP’s Oregon Farm
The mood here in at our Oregon organic farm is slightly giddy as fresh shoots of grass and balmy afternoons make us all believers in spring. It was an odd winter. Mild with the exception of two extreme cold and snow events. I’ll post several pictures below from Oregon farms from this past winter and […]