By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media
New Hampshire-based Conservation Resources is deepening its push into regenerative farmland investing with a fresh collaboration to support LP demand. The firm has teamed up with Dutch asset manager Achmea Investment Management on a farmland investment fund, Conservation Resources Farmland II, as investor appetite continues to grow for strategies that link on-farm outcomes with long-term financial performance. Conservation Resources has secured $53 million towards the first close of Conservation Resources Farmland II, L.P., its second impact-focused North American farmland fund and the successor to its inaugural farmland fund, which closed in 2024.
Achmea IM steps up as the investment advisor for major investors committing capital directly to the fund or through its feeder vehicle, alongside other clients who might participate. The fund has earned a spot on Achmea IM’s multi-asset impact platform, which directs capital from Dutch pension funds and insurance groups. This platform blends positive impact into various asset classes like private equity, debt, infrastructure and real assets with a view to combat climate change and protect biodiversity while delivering financial returns.
Building on its prior impact farmland strategy, Conservation Resources plans to deploy capital across a diversified mix of U.S. farmland, including permanent crops, row crops and pastureland, alongside select downstream assets tied to those farmland operations. The portfolio will blend directly operated and leased farms, with all assets managed under regenerative practices while maintaining alignment with some of the most rigorous certification standards in the market.
Conservation Resources’ farmland strategy is built to capture both the agricultural and environmental value of each property, with a focus on turning on-farm improvements into real-world benefits alongside financial returns. On the heels of the final close of its inaugural impact farmland fund in 2024, the firm introduced Conservation Resources Farmland II to extend its footprint across North American farmland and related value-chain assets, blending it with what the firm described as a growing pool of impact capital” meant to offset the climate challenges associated with industrial agriculture.
Stavros Koutsantonis, Conservation Resources Chief Operating Officer and Portfolio Manager for the firm’s ag investment strategies, told GAI News, “We are very excited to partner with Achmea Investment Management and believe that this collaboration validates institutional interest and investment in impact-focused investment strategies for U.S. farmland, and particularly for regenerative agriculture strategies.”
Koutsantonis previously spent more time with GAI News to share details on the close of the firm’s North American farmland private equity fund, a Q&A which can be accessed in full here.
Of the latest partnership, Achmea Investment Management Head of Impacting Investing Karlijn van Lierop said, “By investing in forestry and agriculture, we actively support the protection and restoration of biodiversity—an essential foundation for climate resilience and the global economy. Biodiversity is a core priority for many of our clients within impact investing. Through our commitment to the Conservation Resources Farmland II Fund, we deliver measurable environmental impact while achieving robust financial returns.”
The fund remains open to qualified investors and expects to begin deploying capital in early 2026.
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