Carbon footprint stats on foods

The carbon footprint of our food as been in the news for awhile.  Not screaming headlines, but lurking in the shadows. Livestock farming produces from 20% to 50% of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions. Shrink That Footprint’s has a chart that shows that a meat...

Vertical Integration

Several large retailers have entered into product streams that are beyond their typical products or services for vertical integration. Walmart, Kroger and Albertsons have entered the milk business bottling business.  They all use low priced milk as a loss leader to...

The rise of Gold

RBC Capital Markets, an arm of the Royal Bank of Canada, on August 3rd of this year lifted its high-case forecast for the price of gold to $3,060/oz by the first quarter of next year.  This is  thanks to soaring demand for the metal which also doubles as a reserve...

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