Touch the Soil News #1316 (Feature photo – Sanders Theater Harvard University – CCA SA 4.0 International) Harvard University, the oldest college in the U.S., was established in 1636. In search of lucrative investments, the Harvard Management Corporation has been involved in farm real estate acquisitions at home and abroad. Issues surrounding Harvard’s land investments…
Touch the Soil News #1296 (Feature photo – Australian Sheep – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Nations organizing around the World Trade Organization (WTO) have allowed a much more liberal flow of capital and ownership. It is easier for foreign nationals to buy and own land and assets in other nations. GAI media reports on the…
Touch the Soil News #1295 (Feature photo – The Rural People of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) The Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the other side of the world in Africa. Its 92 million people are hanging on to an emerging economy that is compromised by its…
Touch the Soil News #1286 (Feature photo – Farmland Grabbing Injustices – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Wild news about foreign corporations having 999 year leases on farmland that may have been taken illegally to violence against former peasant owners are not going away. In fact, activism is growing with increased illumination of wrongdoing by local…
