GoodLeaf Farms Secures $78M in Debt Financing and Announces New Equity Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media GoodLeaf Farms, the first and largest commercial indoor vertical farming company in Canada, has secured $78 million in debt financing, welcoming CIBC and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as two of its newest lenders. Concurrently, the company announced it has gained a new equity investment
Read moreFarmland Partners Closes $8.9M in Farmland Sales, Posting 73 Pct. Gain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) announced it sold 1,370 acres of farmland across four farms in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, and South Carolina for a total of $8.9 million - representing a cumulative gain of $3.7 million - approximately 73 percent over net book value. The announcement o
Read moreNestlé Partners with The Yield Lab Latam to Invest in Tech Solutions for Food and Ag
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nestlé has announced a new partnership, making a committed capital investment through its Sustainability Fund in The Yield Lab Latam, a specialized venture capital fund helping to transform the food sector in Latin America via investments in tech-based startups. The Yield Lab globa
Read moreAcreTrader and Gridline Collaborate to Increase Access to Farm and Timberland Investments
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Carter Malloy in 2018, AcreTrader uses crowdfunding to remove the traditional barriers to farmland investing, providing investors, buyers, and sellers unique access to land, data, and tools that create a streamlined, highly efficient experience. Farmland is one of the largest U
Read moreNAB Invests AUD10M in New Harvest’s Indigenous Impact Investment Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When the National Bank of Australasia merged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1981, NAB was born. Today, the bank employs 32,000 and serves more than 8.5 million customers in Australia and overseas. In early 2022, the group launched its Indigenous business strategy w
Read moreDCP Capital Acquires Cargill Protein China
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media China is the world's largest consumer of poultry products, and the demand for poultry meat continues to rise due to population growth, urbanization, and changing dietary preferences. Large-scale poultry producers utilizing advanced technology, modern equipment, and efficient process
Read morePaine Schwartz Makes Growth Investment to Catalyze the Future of Agriculture With Elemental Enzymes
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners has made an undisclosed strategic growth investment in Elemental Enzymes, a specialist in enzyme, peptide, and biological chemistry that is developing naturally occurring enzymes and biochemicals for use in commercial agricultur
Read moreJapan’s Nissui in Australian Asparagopsis Producer Immersion Group
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japan’s Nissui Corporation, the second largest seafood producer in the world with 2022 revenue of $8 billion, has invested in Seascape Restorations Australia Pty Ltd (Immersion Group), a specialist cultivator and producer of Asparagopsis, a red seaweed that is gaining recognition for its a
Read moreFlagstone Foods Acquires Emerald Nuts From Campbell
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Campbell Soup Company announced it has divested Emerald Nuts to Flagstone Foods, one of the top producers and distributors of private label healthy snacks in the U.S. for an undisclosed amount. Chris Foley, executive vice president and president, Campbell Snacks, explained the
Read moreMacfarlan Capital Acquires 7K+ Acres of Montana Farmland in Off-Market Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dallas, Texas-based Macfarlan Capital Partners (MCP) announced it has acquired 7,109 acres of farmland in Poplar, Montana. Located in the Prairie Pothole Region, just west of the Poplar River, Poplar Farm brings MacFarlan’s total farmland portfolio to more than 25,000 acres.
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