Land
Brazil is gunning to be the top agricultural superpower

It's not just tariffs. It's 20 years of infrastructure plays

Chase Purdy · 19 min read · Jul 21
El Niño is coming. The system underneath is the problem.

Climatic chaos with a chance of hope

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Jun 29
The pest that never left

The fix that saved wine is showing cracks

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · May 29
Even if hybrids win the vineyard, how do they win the cellar?

Breaking sustainable grapes into the premium market

Chase Purdy · 9 min read · Apr 16
In China, a rice fix that’s making things worse

Good farming can't fix bad air

Chase Purdy · 7 min read · Apr 13
Wine is headed toward a humidity trap

The climate migration story for wine has a big problem

Chase Purdy · 7 min read · Apr 7
The most important crop in the world has a problem

Norman Borlaug saved a billion lives. Now let's read the fine print

Chase Purdy · 9 min read · Apr 5
The forests nobody is watching

Staple crops for local markets are clearing forests no supply chain regulation touches

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Mar 25
The organic question, 20 years later

Turns out it's complicated. It was always complicated.

Chase Purdy · 5 min read · Mar 19
Reading the SVB annual wine report tea leaves

The state of the US wine industry provides an opening for hybrids

Chase Purdy · 3 min read · Jan 15