By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media From its very inception, the FarmTogether mission was steadfast and simply put: to radically democratize farmland investing. And its shared common vision – to ensure long-term environmental and economic prosperity for all – was the fibrous thread weaving the founders of the company together. Five years later, under […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media They are the company that “gives a cluck about fighting food waste”. They are Do Good Foods, and they have created a circular system that recaptures some of the 43 billion pounds of healthy grocery store food that gets thrown out annually. How do they do this? They […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media You could say that Full Harvest Founder and CEO Christine Moseley has made good on the motto “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” especially evident by the $23 million the company secured in late December 2021 to reduce on-farm food waste by digitizing the produce supply chain. […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Tanja Havemann established Clarmondial in Zurich in 2010 with the goal of creating value by proactively designing and implementing investment solutions to support sustainable natural resource management. Clarmondial provides investment advice to leading investors, companies, foundations, conservation organizations, and governments on mobilizing concessionary and commercial resources. Recent work […]
As an independent agricultural investment manager, we at AgIS Capital believe two of our strongest differentiating characteristics are the high levels of commitment our people demonstrate to their work and professions and the degree to which they invest themselves in serving and representing the interests of our clients. To acknowledge their importance to our business, […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Carter Malloy had a vision a few years back. While working for a large investment firm, agriculture as an asset class caught his attention, especially since he grew up in a farming family in Arkansas and had been buying farmland alongside his father. Impressed with the benefits of […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Belgian food and crop biological protection company Biotalys NV has had a busy year. In March, the company raised its Series C, announcing a second closing at €45 million (US$50 million), for a total raise to-date of €61 million (US$66 million). And in June, the company, which was formed in […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media By all counts, Jacqueline Heard has the capabilities, experience, and knowledge to drive substantial change and innovation in the ag sector. Heard, who is CEO of Enko Chem and a venture partner at Anterra Capital, has put her PhD in biology from Boston College and MBA from MIT […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media In their frequent travels around the world to implement agricultural projects, Tyler and Amy Bruch were met with a resounding theme: that it was very difficult for landowners to find new tenants outside of traditional methods. To that, they answered with creating LandRenter to provide an online solution […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media It is no surprise that Kip Tom, formerly chairman of Tom Farms LLC and chairman of CereServ Inc., a 2.2 million bushel grain facility, both located in Leesburg, Indiana, USA, was confirmed as the United States’ permanent representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in […]
