Agriculture & Livestock

Magazine articles on agriculture, livestock, and genetically engineered foods.

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Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Jane Black	BrightFarms' Hydroponic Gardens Let Grocers Sell Fresh Produce Grown On Their Roofs BrightFarms wants to help grocers keep their customers close and their produce even closer.
Financial Advisor June 2012 Eric Rasmussen	Back To The Land Weird weather and supply/demand issues have made agriculture investing scary, but investors seeking diversity see gold in them thar fields.
Fast Company May 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt	AgLocal Connects Meat Eaters With Meat Producers AgLocal cofounder Naithan Jones uses the word carnivore casually and often. That's with good reason since carnivores are the target audience of his new startup, AgLocal, which aims to connect meat eaters with meat producers.
HBS Working Knowledge April 9, 2012 Michael Blanding	Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals? Government agencies can be "captured" by the very companies or industries they regulate.
National Defense March 2012 McDonald & Beehler	Defense-Funded Biofuels Program Can Spur Production and Lower Risk to U.S. Government In the wake of failed federal loan guarantees for green companies such as Solyndra and Range Fuels, the alternative-energy industry needs solutions that decrease government risk and elicit bipartisan support.
Chemistry World January 24, 2012 Hayley Birch	Fake pesticides rife in Europe According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, which earlier this month published a set of recommendations for stamping out counterfeits, the trade is on the rise.
Chemistry World January 18, 2012 Rebecca Trager	BASF pulls out of Europe over GM hostility German chemical giant BASF has announced that it will halt the development or commercialization of genetically modified crops in Europe, and move its biotech R&D operations to the US.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Caplinger	2012 Is Crucial for Yongye Let's look at this year's prospects for this company.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2012 Dan Caplinger	What Cheaper Food Means for Your Portfolio Corn prices plummeted yesterday. Here's how you can win from it.
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	10-Year Effort Leads to Bomb-Safe Fertilizer In the late 1990s, Honeywell researchers stumbled upon a molecule that would not only make a more potent fertilizer, but it was more stable than those found in traditional nitrate-based compounds that farmers spread on their fields to increase crop yields.
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