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- 26 Oct 2017
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Can Farming Save the Planet?
magnitude and complexity of the problem. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) begs to differ. For him, the solution is both simple and doable. The solution Wiviott envisions is to convert typically high-production, conventional, GMO-based farms to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Farm Boy
JEPPSON: With his wife, Marianne, a long, happy life at Oakholm, the family farm. Apart from his role as chairman and CEO of the Norton Company and service on the boards of numerous nonprofit and civic organizations in Worcester, Massachusetts, John Jeppson (MBA ’40)... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
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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... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go — but not so fast. In “Mid-Missouri Energy,”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
the San Diego–based company, earned Graham a spot as one of five finalists for the MarketWatch CEO of the Year award, the Dow Jones News Service (December 6, 2006) reported. Graham has reached rarefied heights after growing up on a small View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
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Harvard Business School Joins Farm Forward’s Leadership Circle
- 21 Feb 2018
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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
- 01 Dec 2019
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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
- 19 Aug 2017
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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
- 19 Sep 2016
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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
- 19 Sep 2016
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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
- 23 Mar 2016
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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
- 29 Mar 2017
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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
- 22 Apr 2015
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The king of soya focuses on a high-tech vision of farming
- 01 Sep 2013
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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
- 11 Dec 2013
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Learn How to Spot Portable Talent
- 06 Jul 2010
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Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
- 06 Mar 2012
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America's industrial policy
- 08 Nov 2018
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