Well, How ‘Bout That… Walmart Acquires Minority Stake in Sustainable Beef
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On August 26 I wrote an article titled The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Meat Processing in which I outlined the long history of consolidation in the industry, eventually resulting in a market dominated by only four major meat packers - Cargill, JBS USA, Tyson, and National Beef Packing. Th
Read moreAleph Farms is Newest AIM for Climate Innovation Sprint Partner; Brings $40M in Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based cellular meat company Aleph Farms – the company that unveiled the world’s first cellular ribeye steak grown from non-genetically engineered animal cells in February 2021 - has been recognized by the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) as an Innovation
Read moreA Future of Partnership and Growth for Global AgInvesting
Global AgInvesting (GAI) is excited to share a future of opportunities with our valued network of sector-focused investors, asset managers, farmland owners, and industry colleagues. As the newest partner of UK-based Arc Network, a global events, data, and media platform, Global AgInvesting will benefit from an expanded reach and additional
Read moreThe Shifting Landscape of U.S. Meat Processing
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media During the pandemic, the phrase “it’s a small world” became fitting when speaking of meat processing in the U.S. Being dominated by only four major meat packers - Cargill, JBS USA, Tyson, and National Beef Packing - made meat supply chains in the country significantly more vulnerable
Read moreBayer Creates Exit Opportunity, Acquires Majority Stake in Lower Carbon Oilseed Producer CoverCress
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cover crops have generally been background noise in agricultural production. However, they have gained prominence as a low-cost, key part of regenerative farming methods, and a tool for farmers to use in combating climate change. CoverCress is planted at corn harvest in the fall, and is ha
Read moreRadicle Growth Launches The Radicle Farm to Accelerate New on-Farm Technologies
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based, company-building platform for early-stage ag and food technologies Radicle Growth has announced yet another channel for accelerating the development of early-stage agtech companies. The launch is being called The Radicle Farm, a global farm-access platform to advance new
Read moreSVG Ventures Establishes Aussie/NZ HQ in Melbourne, Launches $50M THRIVE Australia Venture Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures is bringing its proprietary platform comprising its flagship THRIVE Accelerator Program, Corporate Innovation Program, development programs, and more to the state of Victoria, Australia. The leading global agtech investor has chosen to establish a new Australian and New Zeal
Read moreAcquisition of 1,389 Acres Makes Legacy Group Portfolio Company Largest Coffee Grower in Colombia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Green Coffee Company (GCC), a Legacy Group portfolio company, announced its acquisition of 1,389 acres of coffee farmland in Colombia to become the largest coffee producer in the country. Coffee cultivation began in Colombia in the mid-1830s, becoming its main export crop throughout th
Read morePSP Investments Partners with WSB on Climate Analysis of Over 3M Hectares of Farmland and Timberland
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada's largest pension investment managers with CAN$230.5 billion (US$177.4 billion) of net AUM, announced its partnership with WSP, a leading global engineering and climate consultancy group, to carry out an in-depth clim
Read moreNetafim Bringing Precision Irrigation to UK’s First-of-its-Kind Carbon Sequestration Plantation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In October 2021 the UK released a report called “Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener” outlining the government’s 10-part plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. “The science could not be clearer,” noted the report, “by the middle of this century the world has to reduce
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