From GAI Gazette – Building the GAI Community: A Decade of Progress (Part II)
This article will be featured in the GAI Gazette, Volume 6, Issue 4, along with other articles addressing agriculture investment opportunities and surrounding themes. The magazine will be distributed in conjunction with the annual Global AgInvesting Europe event, to be held in London on 9-10 December 2019. Join us in London to hear val
Read moreFrom GAI Gazette: Anatomy of a Pure Play Equity Fund: A View Inside Paine Schwartz Partners
This article will be featured in the GAI Gazette, Volume 6, Issue 4, along with other articles addressing agriculture investment opportunities and surrounding themes. The magazine will be distributed in conjunction with the annual Global AgInvesting Europe event, to be held in London on 9-10 December 2019. Join us in London to hear val
Read more15 Minutes With… Wood Turner, Senior Vice President, Agriculture Capital
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media With more than 20 years of experience in corporate sustainability, environmental management and consumer engagement, Wood Turner, senior vice president of Agriculture Capital (AC), is committed to furthering the investment group’s mission to develop a regenerative food and agriculture system that
Read moreInsight: Water: Clear as Mud? Today’s planned relaxation of U.S. water rules may unleash tomorrow’s flood of liability
By David Gray, non-executive director, AAG Investment Management The Clean Water Act (‘Act’) has been much in the news recently. More specifically, attention has been on the 2015 Clean Water Rules (the ‘2015 Rules’), and their impact on the definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’, which were revoked on September 12, 2019. Character
Read more15 Minutes With… Payam Pourtaheri, COO of AgroSpheres
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Agtech innovations are booming, and there is plenty of capital to fuel the sector, with $6.7 billion invested in the last five years, and an estimated nearly $2 billion invested in 2018 alone. Those in certain subsectors – crop protection and inputs management – are more highly invested than others, which
Read moreContributed Content: Is Indoor Farming Poised to Challenge the Status Quo?
By Adam Bergman, Wells Fargo Head of AgTech and FoodTech Investment Banking Practice Industrial agriculture is enabling farmers to successfully feed a rapidly growing global population. In the U.S., production efficiencies and an ability to grow food inexpensively have reduced the share of disposable personal income spent on food by over 4
Read more15 Minutes With… Dr. Josh Silverman, CEO of Aromyx
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Imagine eliminating the wonder of knowing if your agricultural product is fresh before examining it, or having advance warning that your livestock may soon be sick, simply by the scent it gives off? Exclusive olfactory biosensor technology from Aromyx now enables these dreams to be a reality, making
Read moreContributed Content: Mandatory labeling of GMOs expected to expand market for non-GMO, organic crops
By Peter Golbitz and Jacob Golbitz NOTE: This article first appeared in The Organic Broadcaster, July/August 2019 issue, Volume 27, Number 4, published by Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES). The food landscape in America is being reshaped by shifting consumer preferences driven by a younger demographic that value
Read moreContributed Content: Three Tips for Adaptation, Learned From Three Decades as a Farmer
By Tom Avinelis, Founder and Managing Partner, Agriculture Capital America's rich, fertile lands produce crops that feed the world, but increased environmental pressures and production costs coupled with low commodity prices are threatening the future of the traditional farmer. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of stewarding land and culti
Read moreFrom AgTech Nexus: 15 Minutes With… Dr. Jerry Feitelson, CEO & Co-Founder of Agribody Technology
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Agribody Technologies, Inc. (ATI) of San Diego, California, is an ag biotech technology licensing, co-development, and crop breeding startup whose customers/partners are seed companies with their own elite commercial germplasm. ATI’s unique crop genetic technology provides benefits throughout the
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