Harvard buys up water rights in drought-hit wine country
link to article Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:34pm EST By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University has quietly become one of the biggest grape growers in California’s drought-stricken Paso Robles wine region, securing water well drilling permits to feed its vineyards days before lawmakers banned new pumping, according to records reviewed by Reuters. The […]
The Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture
link to story Inter Press Service Jan 27 2015 The Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture The foreign-driven agricultural reform roadmap provided to Ukraine includes facilitating the acquisition of agricultural land, cutting food and plant regulations and controls, and reducing corporate taxes and custom duties. Western corporations have not just taken control of certain […]