Publications

11 May 2015
Video

HBS Case Protagonist Mohamed Hage on Rooftop Farming

December 2015 (Revised January 2016)
Case

Woolf Farming and the California Water Crisis

By: Forest Reinhardt, David Bell, Natalie Kindred, Mary Shelman and Laura Winig

This case highlights the tough choices, competing interests, and decision-making mechanisms involved in California's management of its severe drought, entering its fifth year in 2015. Stuart Woolf, CEO of Woolf Farming, a grower and processor of almonds, tomatoes, and... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Natural Disasters; Climate Change; Resource Allocation; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Economics; Weather; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California

Educators

21 Feb 2018
News

Can Farming Save the Planet?

There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity... View Details

19 Aug 2017
News

Getting Off the Well-worn Farm Track

As CEO of Landcorps, New Zealand’s largest farming company, Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is a careful observer of food trends. "My job, given that we have got a million acres of land, and that it takes a long time to shift from one land use... View Details

Keywords: Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Agriculture

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen absolutely loved it—for the most... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

November 1991
Case

Newhall Land and Farming Co. (B)

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

November 2006
Case

Sarah Talley and Frey Farms Produce: Negotiating with Wal-Mart (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel

Describes the retailer-supplier negotiations of Frey Farms Produce in its growth from a small local produce supplier to becoming a supplier for Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. The (A) case sets up three negotiations led by Sarah Talley of Frey Farms Produce in... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Distribution Channels; Sales

Educators

June 2010
Teaching Note

Woolf Farming & Processing (TN)

By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman

Teaching Note for [510033]. View Details

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; California

July – August 2005
Article

Feed R&D--or Farm It Out?

By: Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Research and Development

19 Sep 2016
News

Sustainable Farming in the Arid World

Philipp Saumweber (MBA 2006) started Sundrop Farms to bring sustainable horticulture to the arid world, growing high-value crops using seawater and sunlight and bringing jobs to communities that previously had no agriculture sector. In... View Details

23 Mar 2016
News

Building a Biotech Business from Farmed Fish

Charlton Ames (MBA 1970) is chairman and vice president of business development for Sea Run Holdings, a virtual firm in Maine that develops innovative biologics and therapeutics from the blood of farmed salmon. In this video he explains... View Details

19 Sep 2016
News

A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming

marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a conventional View Details

June 2015
Teaching Note

Marie Jackson: Revitalizing Renfield Farms (Brief Case)

By: Anthony Mayo and Heather Beckham

March 1988
Case

U.S. Farm Credit System: Regrouping and Rebuilding

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States

January 2012
Teaching Note

Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces (TN)

By: Deishin Lee

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

29 Mar 2017
News

Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO

Randy Day (AMP 165, 2003) has been named the new CEO of Perdue Farms, the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States. Day, only the fourth person to hold the CEO role in the company’s 100-year history, started with Perdue in 1980 and most recently held the... View Details

November 1991
Case

Newhall Land and Farming Co. (A)

By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry