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- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
Trumbull says. In the United States and France, large groups of farmers have worked with government to promote agricultural interests, says Trumbull, noting that the sector includes both small and large View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Portrait Project
Molly Jacobson
wait to begin a career with clean clothes, central heating, and easy bathroom access. Compared to many other farm workers, I was blessed to expect this. I think often of this memory as I pursue success in business. In the corporate world,... View Details
- Profile
Brendan Mosher
As part of a family running a vegetable farm in the Hudson River Valley, Brendan Mosher had dreams of going to college, playing football, and eventually running his own business. Then 9/11 struck, and Brendan felt called to serve his... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
roughly the size of a rugby field. The 50-year-old has been farming this small-scale way all his life, and he's been taken advantage of just about as long. The Nigerian government, long considered one of the most corrupt on the African... View Details
- Profile
Eryn Schultz
study group, because it’s important to me to master the material. What might people find surprising about you? I lived on a farm after college. In context, because of how much I talk about agriculture and food, maybe that’s not so... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Building a Green Energy Grid
Green-energy entrepreneur Michael Skelly (MBA 1991) founded Houston-based Clean Line Energy in 2009 to tackle a critical challenge. “If you look at the wind-power equation,” he says, “you quickly see that transmitting energy long distances from rural wind View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
manufacturing hives and offering village-level demonstrations and training. A social enterprise that has won multiple international awards, Honey Care also provides a guaranteed market at fair trade prices for the honey produced by small-holder farmers. It collected... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
are numerous media accounts of the corporate monolith riding its suppliers into the ground. But what about those who manage to survive, and thrive, while dealing with the classic hardball negotiator? In “Sarah Talley and Frey Farms... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- News
Cooking Up America’s Food Culture
the Miami Culinary Institute. He sits on the board of Northeast Organic Farming Association in New Jersey, which incubates artisanal food production businesses. And he indulges the would-have-been academic in him by regularly attending... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
Torrey Reade (MBA 1981) says hello to each of the ten vendors at the Salem, New Jersey, farmer’s market. From Al Dolinski, she buys sunflowers. After inquiring “How’s it going?” she can’t resist the heirloom tomatoes from the Hancocks. The corn from Buzby View Details
- Portrait Project
Nelya Nikonova
about discovering and improving the world, I left a familiar life in Russia and set off alone to study in America with just $20. My adventure turned out to be the American dream, a quilt of colorful patches: from living on a farm in... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
SCHULTZ Jack Schultz (MBA 1976), the oldest of eight children, grew up in the farming hamlet of Teutopolis, Illinois, population 1,100. It's fitting that his father was in the seed business (raising soybean and grass seed) because... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix
eggs have a short shelf life. Norway’s salmon farms meet some 40 percent of global demand for the species, for instance, but can harvest eggs only during the few months of spawning season. How do you boost production the rest of the year?... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
global cash flows: to achieve resource independence from other state actors. In the context of state-owned entities, the power-use hypothesis of standard resource dependence theory can be used to analyze the dependence of SOEs on other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
abandoned state hospital site in the city's Mattapan neighborhood. I became involved in what were for me new aspects of conservation, education, and state and local politics. Massachusetts is a world away... View Details
- Portrait Project
Amy McGowan
My history is built on the American Dream. My maternal great-great-grandparents emigrated from Germany determined to build a thriving farm in the Midwest. Hard work enabled them to live the American Dream. My Dad emerged from a life of... View Details
- Profile
Daniel Serna
As a boy, Dan Serna rode in his uncle's pick-up truck over the family's farms in Texas. But what might have been a cherished pastoral memory, instead became an inspiration. In high school, Dan served as an Information Ranger at Appleton... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
Photos by Benoit Cortet Nicholas Tiller (MBA 1998) grew up Springfield, Ohio, a farming community where 4-H was founded, and many of his classmates were in FFA, the Future Farmers of America. Yet Tiller’s education in agriculture and... View Details
- 02 Aug 2024
- HBS Case
How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture
focused on his mission to reduce waste—and eight years later, his risk has paid off. The Flashfood app is now being tapped by customers in more than 2,000 supermarkets in the United States and Canada. What’s more, the app has kept 65... View Details