1. You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

    — Nietzsche

  2. With a few outlier exceptions, technology is neither good nor bad; it simply is. It’s up to us as humans to choose what we want to do with it and what we don’t, what we can manage and what we must set aside.

    — Harvard Business Review

  3. Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  4. Global Risks 2012

    Source: http://goo.gl/g81WQ

  5. AgriThoughts: Consumer Education →

    agrithoughts:

    The most recent trend in modern consumers, from what I’ve seen, is taking it upon themselves to go out and become “educated” about the modern food industry. Don’t get me wrong, I think people going out and trying to learn about modern agriculture is a great thing. However, the ways in which these…

  6. Global fuel mix by decade

  7. Cost of Energy

    The costs of electricity, heat and liquid biofuels produced from renewable energy sources can be higher than when produced from conventional fossil fuels, but under specific circumstances, some renewable technologies are already competitive (shown where they overlap with the vertical range bars of conventional wholesale electricity, heat and gasoline/diesel costs). (Based on IPCC, 2011)

    Source: http://goo.gl/OyAjl

  8. Safe operating space for interconnected food and climate systems

    Source: CGIAR - http://goo.gl/mocdn

  9. agrithoughts:

    A great video with information regarding the dairy industry. Take time to watch it- it’s only three minutes long.

  10. Eight macro trends will propel global economic growth over the coming decade

    Source: http://www.bain.com/