It’s being termed “The Global Land Grab,” as large investment groups and corporations — and even public pension funds and church organizations — buy....More
Can producing an acre of houses be much more lucrative to a landowner than renting the land out to produce an acre of grain? Maybe so, but according....More
I’ve written about a lot of droughts in the course of more than 30 years reporting on agriculture.
And I’ve probably written about more droughts in....More
We are all suffering from flood fatigue – wondering when we can pick up a newspaper or magazine and finally not have to read about the Great Flood of....More
That’s when we get the law of unintended consequences—like when you bounce a ball against a wall, and it ricochets back and hits you in the eye....More