28
DEC
2012

Institutional Investors and the Right to Food

While the term “institutional investor” spoken in the same breath as the term, “right to food,” seems almost oxymoronic, in fact it is not. What links these two terms is an investment in use by institutional investors in the U.S. and elsewhere. Known as a...
10
AUG
2012

Are Investors Driving Up Food Prices Again?

In recent days, reports about rising food commodity prices have been announced, pointing to the serious drought in the American Mid-West. With record low rainfalls throughout the central region of the country, corn prices are approaching record levels that occurred in 2008. As...
24
JUL
2012

Investing in Hunger

Food shortages, hunger, famine. In our global society, these are terms we know all too well. Images of starving children pull at our heartstrings and their causes are often obvious if not easily solvable. War, pestilence, drought and in our modern age, energy security are cited...