There have been several articles recently indicating that agricultural practices are not going to be able to keep up with demand for a range of reasons including climate change, less predictable weather patterns and now the use of crops for fuel instead of as food.  There was an excellent article in this in this week’s Financial Review and this has also been a lead story on the ABC tonight: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/17/2140619.htm?section=world.

I’ve been working with a client on a business which rejuvenates landscapes and implements sustainable agricultural techniques to dramatically increase the productivity and drought resistance of land.  While it’s gratifying that a lot of the assumptions in his business plan are proving to be highly accurate, it’s alarming also.

If you have an interest in investing in degraded land and seeing it recover and prosper, feel free to get in touch or read more here: http://www.agricominvestments.com.au/.  The concept is an exciting one.

If you are looking for our futurecasting presentation on global trends, please click here.

Todd has just been booked to facilitate a session at SOPAC – the premier internal audit & governance event in the South Pacific. 

The session will be co-chaired with Jon Isaacs, an Audit Committee Chair of a number of government agencies where they will facilitate a discussion relevant to all sectors on what makes a good Audit Committee. 

The session will be held on Tuesday March 4, 2008 at 11:15am at the Sydney Convention Centre in Sunny downtown Pyrmont.  For more information on the conference, click here.