Walmart Heir Behind S2G Ventures Launches New Platform Builders Vision
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media S2G Ventures is a pioneering investor, putting capital to work to counter threatened natural resources, urbanization, and vulnerable supply chains, and to shift the way the world approaches food. The multi-stage VC investor has a reach across the food, agriculture, ocean, and seafood ver
Read moreBenson Hill Acquires Soy Crushing Facility to Scale Production of High Value Soy Ingredient Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As demand for plant-based protein ingredients continues to grow, sustainable food tech innovator Benson Hill announced it has acquired a soybean crushing facility in Seymour, Indiana, from Rose Acre Farms, representing a major step toward materializing the company’s strategic growth plan.
Read moreLouis Dreyfus Completes Sale of 45 Pct Stake to Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund ADQ
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s official. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has completed the sale of a 45 percent stake in the closely held company to Abu Dhabi’s largest holding company ADQ, marking the first time LDC has opened itself up to a non-family stakeholder in its 170-year history. Financial details of t
Read moreAware Super Selling 9,004-He Lake Boga Ag Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s Aware Super is taking steps to divest its 9,004-hectare Lake Boga agricultural portfolio, which has been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and to deliver benefits that are environmental, commercial, and social in nature. Forme
Read moreOlam Seeking $2.8B Through London Listing of Food Ingredients Unit
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was in January 2020 that Olam International and its subsidiaries announced a re-organization of the business to create two distinct operating groups: Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), and Olam Global Agri (OGA). The plan was launched following a thorough review and evaluation, and a determi
Read moreCargill Partners With Vertical Farmer AeroFarms to Improve Cocoa Bean Yields
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cargill has partnered with vertical farming leader AeroFarms in a novel, multi-year research initiative that will use controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to improve cocoa production. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, and as a Certified B Corporation since 2017
Read moreOxley Capital Partners Managing Sale of 21,900-He THF Portfolio (Sponsored Content)
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ben Craw, managing director of Sydney-based Oxley Capital Partners, has been tasked by a European family office with the divestment of the ‘THF Portfolio’ – a 21,900-hectare (54,117-acre) beef cattle and irrigated fodder aggregation located in Central Queensland, Australia. Handling
Read moreDanone and Brightseed Expand Partnership Using AI to Discover Health Benefits of Plants
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It all began last year with a focus on the humble soybean. In June 2020 Danone North America and biosciences company Brightseed announced a new partnership to use AI to unlock so-far unknown health and nutrition benefits of plants. Reflective of a new era in precision nutrition, San Fran
Read moreAquaBounty Building $200M Farm in Ohio to Produce Genetically Engineered Salmon
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Land-based aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it has chosen Pioneer, Ohio, as the location of its planned $200 million large-scale farm for the production of its proprietary genetically engineered salmon. “AquaBounty’s decision to choose Ohio for its first large-sc
Read moreGlobal AgInvesting On The Green Opens Today!
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media The 13th annual Global AgInvesting flagship event in the United States kicks off today with a special optional golf tournament at the exclusive Sleepy Hollow Country Club overlooking the Hudson River, just an hour north of NYC. Running through Thursday, July 15, this highly-anticipate
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