Contributed Content: Is Vertical Farming a Waste of Time and Money? Unequivocally Not and Here’s Why
By Kendell Lang, Fusion Farms Two years ago, Dr. Jonathan Foley, a climate and environmental scientist from the University of Minnesota, published an article titled No, Vertical Farms Won’t Feed the World, which was followed by the tagline: “While they are well-intentioned, new indoor “farms” won’t help feed the world or reduce th
Read moreThe Push and Pull of Pulses, CGI Barrels Ahead
By Julie Deering, Women in Agribusiness Media It must have been fate because all that the 20-year-old Jeff VanPevenage wanted to do was trade wheat. While finishing his senior year of college at Washington State University, VanPevenage started with Columbia Grain International (CGI), LLC. Shortly thereafter, he transferred to Great Falls
Read moreLessons and Disruptions from COVID-19: A GAI Interview with Tim McGavin of Laguna Bay
In January of this year, GAI News featured Tim McGavin, CEO and founder of Laguna Bay of Australia, which was founded in 2010, in a 15 Minutes With… profile. McGavin provided a more detailed look at Laguna’s sale of the largest almond portfolio in Australia to Canadian pension fund giant Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investme
Read moreContributed Content: The Role of Farmland in Mitigating Climate Change
By Jeremy Stroud, Analyst, Bonnefield Financial, Marcus Mitchell, Chief Investment Officer, Bonnefield Financial The topic of climate change has never seemed more prevalent, with 2019 witnessing a continued trend of climate disasters. From wildfires in California, Brazil, and Australia, to droughts in Europe, and floods in the United States
Read moreEarth Day 2020: COVID-19 Exposes Paradox of Simultaneous Food Shortages and Food Waste
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Approaching Earth Day 2020 on April 22nd, the world looks very different than just one year ago, and hardly any country has escaped being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With most businesses closed and few people commuting to work, there has been a significant drop in emissions for the fi
Read moreExclusive: Agtech 2019: Year in Review and Five-Year Investment Trend
We first published a story by Ocean Park, a leading boutique investment bank focused on the renewable fuels, energy, food, agtech, and agribusiness sectors, in GAI News Agtech Intel in June 2019: Agtech: Investment Trends to Watch in a Blooming Industry. Clearly of interest -- the piece made the Top Five Most-Read AgTech Intel Stories of 201
Read moreConsultant’s Corner: Opportunities in the New Era of Fragility
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Please enjoy this posting of Consultant’s Corner -- where the industry experts from HighQuest Partners provide insight on the latest activities in the ag investing and agtech space. See also their latest report, Global AgInvesting Rankings & Trends 2019, which highlights nearly 700 organizations that invested i
Read more15 Minutes With… Matt Armstrong, Senior Consultant, Sustainability, K·Coe Isom
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Matt Armstrong serves as K·Coe Isom’s leader for sustainability assurance out of their Kansas City, Kansas, area office. K·Coe Isom, a top 100 accounting firm, is a leading food and agriculture consulting firm, and top provider of sustainability assurance. The company, founded in 1932, has its sight clearl
Read moreContributed Content: HNRG: Natural Resource Flash Report – Timberland-Farmland, Resilience Under Uncertainty
As COVID-19 spreads globally, financial markets are reacting dramatically. We believe timberland and farmland investments can help to insulate a diversified portfolio from exogenous shocks to the economy and the financial environment, bringing greater consistency and resilience to a portfolio’s return profile. Flip through below, or click
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Behind the Findings of the Global AgInvesting Rankings & Trends Report 2019
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media The global food and agriculture sector is a multi-trillion dollar industry with responsibility to feed an expected global population of 11 billion people by the turn of the century. To address the challenges of producing increasing quantities of food and feed in the face of decreasing availability o
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