Blue Road Capital Acquires One of North America’s Largest Honey Processors
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Road Capital has acquired Natural American Foods (Sweet Harvest), a Minnesota-based natural sweeteners platform and one of the largest honey processors in North America, from an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital. Based in Cannon Falls, Sweet Harvest operates three BRC AA rated facilities in
Read moreMeliBio Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Make Bee-Less Honey
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Food tech is astounding. We’ve discussed eggs without chickens, protein from volcanoes, and milk without milking cows, just to name a few innovations that only a year or two ago would have sounded like science fiction. Today we’re going to speak of honey without bees. California start
Read moreGladstone Land Acquires California Olive Orchard for $37.8M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has acquired 2,285 gross acres of farmland in Tehama County, California, from Boston-based Solum Partners for $37.8 million. As part of the transaction, Gladstone has entered into a 15-year, triple-net lease agreement with California Olive Ranch (COR) - the largest miller of oli
Read moreFarmers Gate, Red Dog Management, and Oppy Partner on Groundbreaking Specialty Berry Launch
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ag investment firm Farmers Gate (founded by Dan Fabian, formerly with Blue Road, Stephen Smith, formerly with Harvard, and Thaddeus Tracy, formerly of Teays River) has partnered with family-owned agribusiness Red Dog Management, and grower, marketer, and distributor Oppy on the formation of New Wav
Read moreBridgepoint Acquires Sun World With Goal of Expanding Genetics and Tech Platform for Speciality Fruit Growers
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media International private equity group Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire Sun World, a global leader in fruit genetics, research and development, and licensing. This deal follows a transformative period of ownership by Renewable Resources Group and Vision Ridge Partners during which Sun World dives
Read moreBiotech Company Amfora Closes on $6M Series B to Enhance Nutritional Density of Foods
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amfora, a California-based biotechnology company using gene editing to raise the protein density in soybeans and other crops, has closed on a $6 million Series B backed by Leaps by Bayer and Spruce Capital Partners. With a mission to fuel the plant-based protein revolution by meeting the world
Read moreCargill Exits Sugar Trading, Agrees to Sell Alvean Stake to Brazil’s Copersucar
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Weren’t we just here discussing Louis Dreyfus Company’s move to sell out of its sugar holdings? Well, now another of the global ABCD-giants is following suit. Cargill is exiting sugar trading, and has agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in Alvean, the largest sugar company in the world, to
Read moreBluu Biosciences Raises €7M in Seed Funding For First EU Cell-Based Fish
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Less than 10 months after its launch, Berlin and Lübeck-based Bluu Biosciences, the first company in Europe to develop and produce cell-based fish, announced it has raised EUR7 million in Seed funding. Bluu Biosciences was founded in 2020 by Dr. Sebastian Rakers and Simon Fabich with an exper
Read moreAeroFarms to go Public Via SPAC Deal at $1.2B Valuation
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media As AeroFarms’ co-founder and CEO David Rosenberg noted that the business is at an inflection point, the leading vertical farming company is merging with Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Spring Valley Acquisition to list on the Nasdaq with expectations of an approximate value of $1.2 bi
Read moreLIVEKINDLY Raises $200M in New Funding, Closes Round at $335
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media It was one year ago, in March 2020, that GAI News first shared news about LIVEKINDLY Collective, a new plant-based food platform launched by a consortium of founders, entrepreneurs, and global industry leaders with a mission to transform the global food system. Now, LIVEKINDLY announced it has
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