Bunge Increases Soybean Supply Chain Monitoring, Strengthens Partnership With Agtech Company Vega Monitoramento
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In 2021 Bunge launched its Sustainable Partnership Program, a pioneering, large-scale initiative to track grain purchases with the goal of developing consistent and responsible supply chains, particularly in regard to sensitive areas at higher risk for deforestation in Brazil. Throu
Read moreresponseAbility Announces First Closings Totaling US$274M for Two Sustainable Food Strategies
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss impact investment manager responsAbility Investments AG announced first closings for two of its investment strategies, totaling US$274 million.Sustainable Food in Asia The firm’s second private equity growth strategy in Asia - Sustainable Food in Asia - has achieved a first close
Read moreDispatch From Davos: Manulife, WEF Launch Global UpLink Innovation Challenges to Drive Nature-Based Climate Solutions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife and the World Economic Forum (The Forum) announced their collaborative launch of two Innovation Challenges this year through UpLink, the Forum’s open innovation platform. Announced at Forum’s Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, January 16-20, 2023, this partnersh
Read moreAlphabet’s X Lab Debuts Computational Agtech Company, Mineral
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After being in development for five years at Alphabet’s moonshot lab - X, Google's parent company has officially debuted its newest portfolio company, Mineral (ML). With a mission to scale sustainable agriculture, Mineral is designed to gather, organize, and uncover the deepest unders
Read moreOlam Planning Singapore/Saudi Arabia IPO for Olam Agri in H1 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Olam Group announced its plans to list its agribusiness subsidiary Olam Agri Holdings Pte. Ltd. (OAHPL) on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange as early as H1 2023, and its intention to explore a concurrent listing on the Saudi Exchange, if market conditions are positive. Built over t
Read moreBunge Investing $550M in New Soy Protein Concentrate Facility in Indiana
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media While still in its relatively early stages, the emergence and growth in demand for plant-based foods continues to grow. Increasing consumer awareness about protein content in their diets, paired with a desire to limit animal-based proteins due to personal health and animal welfare concerns, h
Read moreProject Fork: Oxley Capital Partners Managing Sale of One of the Largest Pork Producers in Eastern Australia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Oxley Capital Partners has been retained by a consortium of pig farming families to manage the sale of Riverbend Pork Group - one of the largest pork producers in Eastern Australia - through an offering given the name Project Fork. Structured as a corporate advisory and investment firm,
Read moreU.S. Grain Companies, Cooperatives Making Moves
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I’ve recently seen a variety of announcements being made by U.S. grain companies and cooperatives in the form of a strategic business expansion, a shift in leadership, an acquisition, and an investment. And I thought I’d share them all in one place, as a roundup, if you will. Landus
Read moreBridgestone Granted $35M to Advance Guayule Cultivation and Natural Rubber Production
photo credit: Bridgestone By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ok, so this isn’t technically investment deal news, but how often do we get to discuss guayule farming and natural rubber production? Almost never! If you’re anything like me, your first thought might have been, ‘I’ve never heard of guayule…’ So let
Read moreEuropean Investment Bank Commits €500M to IFAD in Support of Global Food Security
photo credit: EIB By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have forged their first agreement for direct capital support. Following decades of general cooperation between the two organizations, the EIB has agreed to comm
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