It may come as a surprise to you that the world’s agriculture industry – the multi-trillion dollar industry that feeds us – operates on a very informal basis in most of the world. From large-scale growers in the Global North to smallholder subsistence farmers in the Global South, a huge amount of business is done face-to-face with advisors and retailers who are often personal connections… Read more

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The 9,000-year-old farming model Imagine you’re an Aussie corn farmer. Imagine that you could travel back 9,000 years to what is now Mexico. You’re standing