Seed Money

摘要

As food nourishes people, money nourishes food. And the source of that nourishment is undergoing a fundamental change. As an investment, food has long been seen as staid and steady but unspectacular. The two major funding structures were private ownership, often by the company founders, or public status. The latter generated stock usually considered safe but unlikely to grow much, often valued more for dividends than for any growth potential. The thinking was that people have to eat, but they're not likely to eat much more, or differently.