USDA Gets Behind Local Food
Yes Magazine recently had a short article on a grant by the USDA to study local food production capacity in the northeast. How much of the food eaten in the northeastern United States could be …
More herbicide use reported on genetically modified crops
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2009/1221/More-herbicide-use-reported-on-genetically-modified-crops The authors of the report, entitled “Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use,” used US Department of Agriculture data to look at America’s three largest genetically engineered crops – soybeans, corn, and cotton. …
Watch that Threshold
As a Managing Director in a farmland investment fund I want to make sure that our assets are going to maintain their value long into the future. Farmland LP is unique in that we consider …
How Safe is that Chicken?
http://www.consumerreports.org/health/healthy-living/health-safety/chicken-safety/overview/chicken-safety-ov.htm You would think that after years of alarms about food safety—outbreaks of illness followed by renewed efforts at cleanup—a staple like chicken would be a lot safer to eat. But in our latest analysis …
The Triple Bottom Line of Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable farmland yields healthy investment returns while providing broader economic, social and environmental benefits. The Power of Synergies Many businesses and investments entail trade-offs between personal profits and wide-boundary costs by externalizing environmental, social or …