Hedge fund farms reap from food doomsday warnings

``Hedge-fund manager Stephen Diggle calls farming the ultimate safe haven. Diggle began buying farms with his own money in 2008 after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy in September of that year and the S&P 500 plunged 43 percent in the next six months. He purchased 3,237.5 hectares in Uruguay, three smaller plots in southern Illinois and a 32.37-hectare New Zealand kiwi-and-avocado orchard.''