by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | May 24, 2019 | All AgTech
There are two effects of climate change that anyone who eats food should care about: arid soil and torrential downpours. While it seems like the two effects are mutually exclusive, in fact, they are related. Plant and tree roots bury into the soil and grab onto it....
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | May 10, 2019 | All AgTech, Big Picture, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil Health
Over the last few months, I have been talking and writing about the paradigm shift in the investing world brought about by climate change. “Paradigm shift” is not only a buzzword; rather, it represents a fundamental change to the principles on which a system is...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Apr 24, 2019 | All AgTech, Big Picture
Since the lead-up to the last mid-term election, political partisans have been milking the humanitarian crisis on America’s southern border for all it’s worth. Cable news, inspired by the worst trends in reality TV, boosted viewership statistics with a breathless,...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 28, 2019 | All AgTech, Big Picture
Author and podcaster Sam Harris points out that people’s political positions tend to cluster: if you meet a gun control advocate, you can safely bet they also favor legal access to abortion services, for instance. The problem is that people’s opinions about the...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 21, 2019 | All AgTech
Genetic modification of plants is humanity’s oldest and best trick. Eurasians had it easy when it came to cultivating wheat – its original form was pretty close to its present cultivated one. Mesoamericans, on the other hand, had to work for centuries to cultivate...
by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Oct 23, 2018 | All AgTech
In my article about the St. Joe Company JOE, “Two Tales Of One City,” I presented a cautionary case of how climate change can (and will) negatively affect asset values. While it is important for investors to understand the risks of climate change, I also...
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