DerekNorman
VP of Agriculture Venture Investments
From The Wizard and the Prophet, by Charles C. Mann, regarding a conversation with Norman Borlaug: " Critics, [Norman Borlaug] said, never wanted to answer the counterfactual questions: Where would the world be today if we had the same growth in population and affluence but none of the yield increases of the Green Revolution?... He asked me if I had ever been to a place where most of the people weren’t getting enough to eat. 'Not just poor, but actually hungry all the time', he said. I told him that I hadn’t been to such a place. 'That’s the point,' he said. 'When I was getting started, you couldn’t avoid them'."
Agricultural technology investment
15+ years investing in and nurturing agricultural technologies.
Science nerd
Trying, and usually not succeeding, to keep up with the latest breakthroughs in biology and chemistry. Ask my kids, they know that I love to share the latest discoveries at the dinner table!
Career mentoring
Helping others find as much professional fulfillment as I have found.
Beekeeping
While doing my small part to maintain a healthy population of pollinators, I love to pass along to my children and others an interest and wonder in these amazing social insects.