In the U.S., regulators with a scientific background weigh the approval of new drugs and chemicals. In the EU, it is left up to politicians and the sway of special interest groups. That is the reason why one particular herbicide is in trouble in Europe. Stone Age Starvation Stone Age food crank Olivier De Schutter lost his UN gig but is still pushing his anti-Big Ag message, only this time through a contrived organization called the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food System (IPES). The IPES’s first report, “From Uniformity to Diversity,” repeats De Schutter’s fallacy from his UN days that input-intensive, monoculture industrial agriculture is actually less productive and only exists to serve the profit motives of agribusin...
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From WPI Consulting
Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.