Farms have been a lucrative commercial property investment since the Biblical times, but they’ve taken a backseat to more modern assets such as apartment buildings and office towers in the post-World War II years. Yet since everything old becomes new again, it looks like they are coming back in vogue with Gladstone Land Corp. becoming one of the first publicly traded farmland REITs last year. Gladstone invests in farms that grow annual crops, as well as in storage facilities, processing plants, packaging plants and distribution centers.