Investors turn to farming as crop prices riseMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:22PMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields were auctioned last summer, it was the 33-year-old software executive who made the winning bid.
Anthony Mackie Will Personally Serve You a Drink at His New Bar, Opening This WeekMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:06AMMackie, at NoBar in Bed-Stuy. When we heard that Anthony Mackie — star of movies like The Hurt Locker and The Adjustment Bureau — was planning to open his own bar, we thought about all of the other mediocre, nightclubby, celebrity-owned restaurants we go out of our way to avoid. But when we heard Mackie was planning to open NoBar on Nostrand Avenue in Bed-Stuy (as opposed to, say, the ...
Get moving for 2012 OlympicsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:05AMReading is on its marks to get everyone moving this week in the countdown to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Clay's day in the spotlight: Summer shapes up as ceramics season in Denver galleries, Denver Art MuseumSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:27AM"Marvelous Mud," the Denver Art Museum's massive presentation of eight related exhibitions spread throughout its two buildings, has put the medium of clay very much at the center of attention locally.
A Tenafly home update that respects historySunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:16AMMario and Maria Turchi wanted to restore their circa-1870 Gothic Revival home to its original glory. But they also wanted to update it for the needs of a 21st-century family.
Investors see big potential in farmlandSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:18AMRising food prices increase interest in profitable land NILES, Mich. - Braden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls. Talk about this topic
NEW CROP OF FARMERSSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:03AMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields was auctioned last summer, it was Janowski, a brash, 33-year-old software executive, who made the winning bid.
AP: Investors bank on profits on the farmSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:30AMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls.
Investors see big potential in owning farmlandFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:37PMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields was auctioned last summer, it was Janowski, a brash, 33-year-old software executive, who made the winning bid. It was so high — $4 million, 25 percent above the next-highest — that some farmers stood, shook their heads and walked out. And Janowski figures he ...