by Dan Charles, NPR
JUNE 14, 2012
First of a two-part series. Read part 2.
In these days of financial uncertainty, the hot new investment tip is farmland.
This spring, 750 Wall Street types crowded into New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a conference on investing in global agriculture. Philippe de Laperouse, managing director of HighQuest Partners, which organized the event, says those investors started out just looking for a safe haven for their money. But with food demand up and future production uncertain, many of them have caught the scent of future profits. (more....)
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