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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
David Perry’s Green Revolution
Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag Studio Nouveau/Courtesy of Indigo Ag The latest issue of Harvard magazine includes a feature on agricultural innovation, and highlights the work of Indigo Ag CEO David Perry (MBA 1997) The piece traces... View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
Association of Germany Matthew Perkins, MBA 2009 Founder Yield Pop agricultural resource platform latin america HBS Club of Brazil Jonathan Assayag, MBA 2010 CEO Lema21 Brazilian eyewear mid-atlantic us HBS Club of Washington, DC Angela... View Details
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
and a decreasing global food supply. Favel figures his work in agriculture provides him with perspective on global food issues. In the next century, he notes, "We're going to have increased demand for food and shrinking global farm... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Innovations to Address the Global Water Crisis
discussed the enormous gap between our current situation and the UN SDG goal at a press conference, articulating how “there will definitely be a global crisis” if stakeholders do not act swiftly to address water scarcity. Agriculture... View Details
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Commodities Research: data and reports
driving current commodity markets. UN Commodity Trade Statistics provides trade data, while the UNCTDAD Commodity Price Statistics has annual and monthly data for View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- News
Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade
Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and sharing... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
Harvard Business School students darted between raindrops in the western Netherlands into the verdant lobby of Koppert Cress, an agricultural producer of microgreens. It was the last site visit of our Immersive Field Course (IFC) on... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
Kola Masha (MBA 2006) are working to unlock the potential of agriculture in West Africa. The Nwunelis—a husband and wife team—co-founded AACE Food Processing & Distribution Ltd. in 2009 to combat malnutrition, provide jobs, and reduce... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Serna
Reservations demonstrated community-supported agriculture by managing a dairy herd and producing grass-fed beef. "I took an A.P. class in economics," Dan says, "to learn more about the business environment." When he... View Details
- 07 Jun 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
in agricultural sciences and natural resources management and a master’s in agribusiness innovation. Courses are taught by an international faculty and emphasize experiential education in sustainable View Details
Ray T. Parfet, Jr.
During Parfet’s career at Upjohn Company, the company expanded from pharmaceuticals to veterinary, agricultural and health care fields. Under his leadership Upjohn developed the first oral anti-diabetes agent, discovered and developed... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
James J. Hill
Hill, a railroad builder and entrepreneur, was a pioneer of the Northwest in a variety of ways. He located his roads and terminal facilities in potentially productive areas, he constructed them for economical operation at minimum cost (under his personal supervision),... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Charles D. Wiman
As the great-grandson of the company founder, Wiman was principally responsible for expanding and modernizing Deere’s operations, putting it on a path to become the largest and most successful supplier of large-scale agricultural... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A "Growing" Online Community
Internet commerce isn't usually associated with chicken feed, but in one country at least, that may be changing. The Dow Jones International News recently highlighted the surge of new Web sites that are geared toward agriculture in... View Details
Otto H. Falk
As head of Allis-Chalmers, Falk introduced a product line of earth-moving and other heavy machinery, including tractors, which used the internal combustion engine. Falk was hugely successful in leading Allis-Chalmers into the competitive market for farm tractors by... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 23 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Summer Snapshot: Interning at a Robotics Start-Up
early stage and stealth mode robotics start-up in the agriculture space as a Business Analysis & Operations Intern. I am the fourth and the only non-technical employee of the company. After working as a management consultant at Bain... View Details
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
leadership and create more win-win opportunities in the future" In another example, apparel production is associated with water pollution at many stages of the value chain. Agricultural crop production (particularly cotton) has been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Supporting our Exceptional Faculty
practitioners. It was a particular honor for me to be named the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business in 1998. Established 60 years ago, this chair helped launch agribusiness as a field of study at HBS; it was previously... View Details