By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Iowa-based cooperative Landus is a leading ag solutions company with a presence in 34 U.S. states and 16 countries that notes it works to bridge the gap between the farmer and consumer – between the rural and the urban – by focusing on sustainable growth and helping farmers gain […]
photo credit: Eden Green Technology By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Vertical farming is an innovative and sustainable approach to agriculture that has gained significant attention in recent years. But while vertical farming holds great promise for addressing the world’s growing food and resource challenges, securing funding remains a significant bottleneck for startups in this […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading agrifood investment and innovation platform SVG Ventures|THRIVE is collaborating with Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central to forge a North America-Israel bridge supporting the mutual growth of, and connections between, the agrifood tech ecosystems in each country. Together, Silicon Valley-based SVG Ventures and Start-Up Nation Central, a nonprofit with a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2021, the world population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 70 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media One hundred days after Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) acquired BayWa r.e. Bioenergy GmbH via the Macquarie Green Investment Group Energy Transition Solutions Fund, GIG announced a rebranding of the business as VORN Bioenergy (VORN). This acquisition and rebranding comes as the EU is looking to significantly […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Large-scale, sustainable indoor farming and certified B Corp, AppHarvest, announced it has commenced a $40 million underwritten public offering of its common stock. AppHarvest also stated it intends to grant the underwriters a three-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the shares of its common […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In 2021 Bunge launched its Sustainable Partnership Program, a pioneering, large-scale initiative to track grain purchases with the goal of developing consistent and responsible supply chains, particularly in regard to sensitive areas at higher risk for deforestation in Brazil. Through the program the company shares its methodologies, tools, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based, company-building platform for early-stage ag and food technologies Radicle Growth has announced yet another channel for accelerating the development of early-stage agtech companies. The launch is being called The Radicle Farm, a global farm-access platform to advance new on-farm technologies. This cohort-style program will identify startups that […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media S2G Ventures is a pioneering investor, putting capital to work to counter threatened natural resources, urbanization, and vulnerable supply chains, and to shift the way the world approaches food. The multi-stage VC investor has a reach across the food, agriculture, ocean, and seafood verticals, and has invested in more […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As demand for plant-based protein ingredients continues to grow, sustainable food tech innovator Benson Hill announced it has acquired a soybean crushing facility in Seymour, Indiana, from Rose Acre Farms, representing a major step toward materializing the company’s strategic growth plan. Founded in 2012, Benson Hill leverages Cloud Biology®, […]
