An Update from the Farmland LP Team regarding Coronavirus and COVID-19
First and foremost, we hope you and your family are healthy and safe. We hope that any impact on you has been minimal, and that you are able to use this as quality time and …
Health
The Many Benefits of Multi-Year Crop Rotations
Farmland LP’s agricultural practices are based on good science and agronomic principles, and a 9-year research project from America’s heartland continues to support what we do. “Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental …
One Acre Feeds a Person
With the holiday season behind us many are feeling the effects of eating a bit too much and are working on a New Year’s resolution to shed some pounds. This reminds me of a question …
Ethics and Swine
The restaurant company Chipotle gets it. The current front page text on their web site goes: It is not just a burrito. It’s a foil-wrapped, hand-crafted, local farm supporting, food culture changing cylinder of deliciousness. …
Food Subsidy Pyramid
Great challenge over at Flowingdata to look at how to portray food subsidies in light of the USDA food pyramid. Here’s our quickie submission that helps highlight how subsidies just don’t reflect the stated food priorities and goals of the nation.