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- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
and agriculture production on the West Coast and in the Far East, and later consulting for several East Coast software companies, Sprinkles made his first pilgrimage to Mexico in 1999 on a four-day journey without food or water.... View Details
- 20 Nov 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
partnerships might seem. At the Monsanto meeting, CollaborateUp brought together conservation and environmental groups, big agriculture, beekeepers, the USDA, the EPA, and several state agriculture departments, to collaborate in saving... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
programs as well as its efforts to distill and disseminate best practices by understanding the true social impact of investing in early-stage companies that provide affordable access to agricultural inputs, high-quality education, clean... 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
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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
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John Rogers
of a fourth generation farmer, I have found no greater fulfillment than serving those in developing communities that rely upon agriculture for their livelihood. The personal joy that comes from supporting farmers - and the exciting... 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
- 14 Jun 2016
- News
Why HBS Teaches Students About Whaling
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
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
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
- 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
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Ayr Muir: Hey Chris, where’s the medlar? These are medlar. Julia Hanna: Wow. Ayr: I’m trying to find a nice squishy one. So in... they were popular in medieval times and they’re like, you find references to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
At Work in the Fields with the Lord
In California’s Coachella Valley, Sister Marsha Allen (MBA 1976) is spearheading a coalition of nonprofits and charitable organizations in an effort to build a tent city for the 20,000 migrant farmworkers and their children who come to the valley every year to harvest... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
information. We owe it to those who passed away in the disaster to upgrade our systems to help save lives in any future calamity." —GE AGRICULTURE John Whiteside Grass Farmer, Wolf Creek Farm For years, the résumé of John Whiteside (MBA... View Details
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
A Decent Place to Live
housing in the public realm, as well as just running as efficiently as we can. “I spent the last 10 years before Habitat working on rural poverty and rural hunger, which largely centers on agricultural development. Most of the poorest... View Details
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
The first panel demonstrated how four companies are each working differently to address climate change by reducing their impact, from promoting a plant-based diet to investing in regenerative agriculture. The resiliency panel featured businesses with unique View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is CEO of PAMU Farms of New Zealand (formerly Landcorp Farming). In this video, he talks about the changes the organization is going through to adjust for shifting dietary trends and the impact of large-scale farming on the environment. “PAMU... 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