Lithos Closes on $6.3M For Novel Row Crop Carbon Capture Solution Using Volcanic Basalt
photo credit: Lithos By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sometimes the best answer is found in the simplest approach. Carbon sequestration and reduction is at the forefront of how we address climate change, leading to the development and launch of a range of carbon capture technologies and solutions. The stakes are high
Read moreAra Partners Invests $65M in BioVeritas’ Ingredient Solution Technology
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ara Partners, a private equity investor focused on backing companies producing consumer products using cost-saving and low-carbon technologies, has committed $65 million to bio-based ingredients company BioVeritas. Already the majority shareholder in the company, this additional capital fr
Read moreNew Carbon Soil Project Creates Income Stream for Post-Brexit UK Farming
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Impact-driven carbon finance company Respira International has entered into a multi-year agreement with Phillipson Estates, the owner of Blaston Farm in Leicestershire, for the purchase of voluntary carbon certificates generated by carbon sequestration on arable farmland. This marks the
Read moreForsea Gains $5.2M to Advance Cultivated Eel Meat
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Baby eels (called elvers) are the most valuable species on the fish market, often fetching more than $2,000 per pound at the dock - more than 10 times the value of lobster. One factor driving these prices is the overfishing of freshwater eels, endangering wild populations. In Europe, the
Read morePaine Schwartz Buys Up Minority Stake in Costa Group for $161M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Paine Schwartz (then called Paine & Partners) made its first investment in Costa Group - Australia’s top grower, packer, and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables in five categories: berries, mushrooms, glasshouse tomatoes, citrus, and avocados - in 2011. Four years later, in 2
Read moreBRF, Halal Products Development Co. Establish $500M Halal Meat JV
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the launch of Halal Products Development Company (HPDC) with the intent of using the subsidiary to invest in and strengthen domestic halal food production. It is this subsidiary that has just announced a joint vent
Read moreeAgronom, South Pole Partner to Incentivize Low-Carbon Farming by Prepaying Farmers
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s a scenario we’ve all become familiar with after managing shifts toward organic farming. Changes in production practices, adopting new methodologies and technologies, integrating new accountability requirements, transparency, and documentation - all have the potential to be costly a
Read moreSPACs Aren’t Over Yet: Chilean Superfruit Exporter Prize to List on the Nasdaq at $425M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Did you start to believe that SPAC deals, much like skinny jeans, have been shelved? Well, not so fast… But first, some readers might have joined us after the SPAC attack that was 2020. Seen as an alternative to a traditional IPO, SPACs became more mainstream a few years ago as blank-che
Read moreHigh-Tech Vertical Grower Local Bounti Secures $23.3M PIPE Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Advanced U.S. indoor agricultural grower Local Bounti announced it has secured $23.3 million in funding through a PIPE (private investment in public equity) agreement with existing investors Fidelity Management & Research Company, BNP Paribas, additional unnamed existing backers, and mana
Read moreArable Expands Premium Fruit Footprint, Partners with BlazerWilkinsonGee and Industry Veteran David Sullivan
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading sustainable food and agribusiness investor Arable Capital Partners has expanded its footprint in the fresh fruit segment through a new partnership with BlazerWilkinsonGee (BWG), a leading grower, packer, and shipper of premium strawberries in North America, and David Sullivan, industr
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