I love rivers. I grew up in Louisiana on the Mississippi River. Our cotton fields bordered the levee. When I was working in those fields I would always eat my lunch on the levee so I could watch the massive river rolling by peacefully. This week I have friends posting... Read more
Food producers are increasingly trying to make their ingredients more sustainable, healthy, and affordable. There are many ingredients today in all sorts of food products that achieve the exact opposite aim: they entail negative environmental effects, they can be... Read more
The world’s population is growing rapidly. There are currently over 7.9 billion people on the planet, with this figure set to rise to around 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.8 billion in 2050. At the same time, world hunger remains a major problem; while steadily declining... Read more
Is there a better investment opportunity in sustainable crop protection? Chemical fertilizers and insecticides have helped farms meet the growing demand for food worldwide, but not without negative consequences. Some insecticides escape into the air and cause illness.... Read more
From fruits and vegetables, to tree nuts and flowers, specialty crops represent a unique class of crops that require extra care, investment and attention to be profitable and sustainable. That’s in part because the products produced by this segment of the agriculture... Read more
