Triple Pundit Interviews Farmland LP
The tag line for Triple Pundit, a sustainable business media outlet, is People, Planet, Profit, which makes them a natural kindred spirit with us at Farmland LP. Triple Pundit correspondent Bill Roth met Craig Wichner at the recent Investors Circle conference in San Francisco, and today posted an article based their interview. Embedded in the […]
Inc. Magazine Features Farmland LP
Farmland LP is featured in the May issue of Inc. magazine as part of a special section on How a Business Can Change the World, which is billed as “A special report on the innovative business models social entrepreneurs are inventing.” We at Farmland LP enjoyed the process of being interviewed by Inc. staff, we appreciate […]
Edible Seeds Making a Comeback
The Willamette Valley is famous for its grass seed production, and can even boast supplying the World Cup soccer fields in South Africa. The dominance of grass seed began to wane with the collapse of the housing bubble a few years ago. And while the major shift has been towards wheat, much more is going […]
Back on Pasture
There was a time in March when the fields were quieter than normal. Pigs were in the barn and the sheep were being kept elsewhere. But not any longer. Here are a few pictures and commentary based on the past couple of weeks. The laying hens are out on pasture. Operator Chris Hansen put together […]
Farmland LP Acquires Additional Property
We have an official press release, but I’ll make the blog post less formal. I am very pleased to announce that Farmland LP just closed on another property, 100 acres in size, in the Willamette Valley. The parcel is about one mile long and in this eastward looking image you can see how it slopes […]
Winter Images
As we enter the third week of February I am noticing a dramatic increase in plant growth–a sign that spring is not far off as the plants respond to longer day length. In this post I will comment on a series of photos that stretch from early December to early February. An old fence post […]