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U-M PhD Michelle Leach, the founder of Oasis Aquaponics, on leaving academia to focus on solving basic problems afflicting the poor

By Mark | January 24, 2016

Upon graduating the University of Michigan with her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Michelle Leach decided to try something different. Instead of either pursuing a careen in academia, or accepting a job in industry, she chose to start a social venture called Oasis Aquaponics with the intention of creating an affordable food production system that could […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Agriculture, Uncategorized | Also tagged anemia, aquaponics, biomedical engineering, Central America, corn, distribution, El Salvador, fish, food insecurity, food production, Jacquelyn Hernandez Ortiz, Michelle Leach, micro loan, nitrogen, nutrition, Oasis Aquaponics, poverty, quality of life, stunting, Sustainability, tilapia | 6 Comments

Pete Larson on the financialization of agricultural commodities

By Mark | September 26, 2012

One of our regular contributors, my old friend Pete Larson, who many of you had the pleasure of seeing perform at this site’s 10th anniversary party a few weeks ago, is going to be speaking in Ann Arbor on Thursday about the financialization of agricultural commodities. I took the occasion to ask him a few […]

Posted in Agriculture, Economics | Also tagged agricultural commodities, Agriculture, big ag, College Truth Tour, commoditization, Cuba, deregulation, derivatives, Dodd-Frank, economic crash, financial industry, financial reform, food crisis, food prices, healthy food access, hedge funds, Herman Cain, Howard Stein, human rights, Joe Stiglitz, New World Ecology and Agriculture Group, NWEAG, Pete Larson, pork, Richard Levins, Science For the People, scientists, speculation, stock market, supply and demand, University of Michigan, Wall Street | 14 Comments

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