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- July 1983
- Background Note
Note on Farm Supply Channels
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Note on Farm Supply Channels." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-003, July 1983.
- May 1978
- Case
Alfa-Laval: Farm Equipment Division (B)
Wiechmann, Ulrich E. "Alfa-Laval: Farm Equipment Division (B)." Harvard Business School Case 578-199, May 1978.
- May 1978 (Revised August 1981)
- Case
Alfa-Laval: Farm Equipment Division (A)
Wiechmann, Ulrich E. "Alfa-Laval: Farm Equipment Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 578-198, May 1978. (Revised August 1981.)
- 11 May 2015
- Video
HBS Case Protagonist Mohamed Hage on Rooftop Farming
- 19 Aug 2017
- News
Getting Off the Well-worn Farm Track
As CEO of Landcorps, New Zealand’s largest farming company, Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is a careful observer of food trends. "My job, given that we have got a million acres of land, and that it takes a long time to shift from one land use...
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- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
There may be a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change. Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners (SFP), a combination farming operation and private equity...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
photo courtesy of Charlie Andersen Charlie Andersen (MBA 2014) grew up on a 200-acre organic family farm west of Philadelphia that produced everything from apples and blueberries to sweet corn. Andersen absolutely loved it—for the most...
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- November 1991
- Case
Newhall Land and Farming Co. (A)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen
Keywords:
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Cash, James I., Jr., and Michael C. Jensen. "Newhall Land and Farming Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 192-049, November 1991.
- November 2006
- Case
Sarah Talley and Frey Farms Produce: Negotiating with Wal-Mart (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Ellen Knebel
Describes the retailer-supplier negotiations of Frey Farms Produce in its growth from a small local produce supplier to becoming a supplier for Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. The (A) case sets up three negotiations led by Sarah Talley of Frey Farms Produce in...
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Sebenius, James K., and Ellen Knebel. "Sarah Talley and Frey Farms Produce: Negotiating with Wal-Mart (A)." Harvard Business School Case 907-003, November 2006.
- November 1991
- Case
Newhall Land and Farming Co. (B)
By: James I. Cash Jr. and Michael C. Jensen
Keywords:
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Cash, James I., Jr., and Michael C. Jensen. "Newhall Land and Farming Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 192-050, November 1991.
- 23 Mar 2016
- News
Building a Biotech Business from Farmed Fish
Charlton Ames (MBA 1970) is chairman and vice president of business development for Sea Run Holdings, a virtual firm in Maine that develops innovative biologics and therapeutics from the blood of farmed salmon. In this video he explains...
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- 19 Sep 2016
- News
Sustainable Farming in the Arid World
Philipp Saumweber (MBA 2006) started Sundrop Farms to bring sustainable horticulture to the arid world, growing high-value crops using seawater and sunlight and bringing jobs to communities that previously had no agriculture sector. In...
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- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a conventional View Details
- 29 Mar 2017
- News
Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO
Randy Day (AMP 165, 2003) has been named the new CEO of Perdue Farms, the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States. Day, only the fourth person to hold the CEO role in the company’s 100-year history, started with Perdue in 1980 and most recently held the...
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- March 1988
- Case
U.S. Farm Credit System: Regrouping and Rebuilding
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "U.S. Farm Credit System: Regrouping and Rebuilding." Harvard Business School Case 588-062, March 1988.
- June 2015
- Teaching Note
Marie Jackson: Revitalizing Renfield Farms (Brief Case)
By: Anthony Mayo and Heather Beckham
- 22 Apr 2015
- News
The king of soya focuses on a high-tech vision of farming
- November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security
By: Elie Ofek
In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular...
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Keywords:
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Market Entry and Exit;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Transition;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
North America;
Toronto;
Northeastern United States
Ofek, Elie. "Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 524-043, November 2023. (Revised March 2024.)