US

Land stolen from the poor
- Mennonite Weekly
- 04 January 2012
We should not invest in financial companies that perpetrate activities that rob agricultural land from the poor, argues Patricia Kisare of the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle bets on farms, life sciences
- Bloomberg
- 28 December 2011
Stephen Diggle plans to open his personal portfolio of farmlands in the US, Uruguay and New Zealand to investors and to pour money into Africa and eastern Europe as global food prices soar.
AgriSol lands another 10,000 ha amid growing public outcry
- IPP Media
- 12 December 2011
The US-based AgriSol Company has landed another lucrative land deal involving 10,000 hectres amid growing public outcry about the recent land deals sealed by the company in Rukwa region.
Special investigation phase two: Understanding how land deals contribute to famine and conflict in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 06 December 2011
Research released today by the Oakland Institute demonstrates that land grabs--largely unregulated land deals involving foreign corporations and speculators--continue to be promoted as a "development" solution for African nations.
Iowa State receives criticism for involvement in potential land grabbing
- Iowa State Daily
- 06 December 2011
Iowa State University has landed in some hot water regarding its involvement with an international land development project in Tanzania.
Huge interest in US and farmland investment
- Ag Professional
- 02 December 2011
"There's a lot of money chasing the grow-out of agricultural land right now," says Gary Thien of Thien Farm Management.
University land grabs in Africa and student activism
- EcoCentric
- 30 November 2011
If you care, and you attend or attended college, it is your responsibility as a student or alumni to speak up and say that you care. If enough of us do so, they will listen!
Farmers, outside investors bid up local ag land
- The Bakersfield Californian
- 26 November 2011
"The stock market's pretty wild. The bond market's nothing. CDs are zero," said Steve Runyan, an agricultural real estate appraiser, "and so you have a tremendous amount of money in pension funds and investment funds of some kind that need some kind of return." Some of his clients for California farmland are international companies looking at global population trends.
Activists confront US investors over Tanzanian land deal
- VOA
- 17 November 2011
A fierce debate is currently taking place concerning huge tracts of Tanzanian land which U.S. investors are seeking to develop. Tens of thousands of former refugees now farm the land.
OPIC approves $150 mln in financing for Egypt's Citadel
- Daily News Egypt
- 10 November 2011
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the US government’s development finance institution, approved Wednesday a $150 mln financial package that will go to Citadel Capital, a regional private equity firm that just completed its first wheat harvest in Sudan.
Battle over the Yala Swamp: Multimillion investment turns out to be a case of a deal gone sour
- Reject
- 10 November 2011
The Dominion Farms at Yala Swamp, Kenya has seen the local community turn against what they initially welcomed with open hands.
Rogers in town to buy the farm
- AFR
- 09 November 2011
Commodities trader Jim Rogers, known for his investment prowess alongside George Soros, is in Australia to launch a new rural land fund which is seeking to raise up to $350 million to buy farms in northern NSW