July 12, 2021

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-anticipated event convenes in-person, bringing together this preeminent group of ag investors, sector-focused asset managers, and agribusiness executives where more than 245 organizations will participate, some of whom are the largest land holders in the world. (NOTE: A virtual attendance option is available as well.) Participants include:

This year’s agenda will address international deal flow in the ag sector, the growth of carbon sequestration/monetization, and regenerative farming, agtech investment & adoption, the role of PE and a broad range of agriculture investment vehicles, and many more timely issues critical to investing strategically in the space.

Sessions highlights are:

– Financialization of Carbon Assets in Food & Ag

– How Farmland Fits into the Investment Portfolio of the Future

– Water, Carbon and Regenerative Pastureland – A Case Study

– From Genome to Shelf – An Italian Case Study

– Applyuing Capital Solutions for Optimal Outcomes in Food & Ag

– What is a SPAC? Examining Why They Have Become So Popular in the Food & Ag Sector

– Exploring Increased Investment Opportunities in Organic Agriculture

Leading these panels and case studies are some of the industry’s most well-known speakers that include respected private and institutional investors, leading agribusiness executives, and cutting-edge agtech innovators and entrepreneurs. Speakers hail from companies such as Arable Capital Partners, Ceres Partners, Hancock Natural Resource Group, Farm Credit, Farmer Mac, Farmland LP, McKinsey & Co., Sidley Austin LLP and much more!

As a long-time supporter, attendee, and sponsor of GAI, Michael Whitehead, ANZ Bank, Agribusiness Research/ANZ Client Insights & Solutions (CIS) of Australia, who was a collaborator for the inaugural event in 2009, commented when interviewed for Global AgInvesting’s 10^th anniversary event: “We have been a sponsor, speaker, and participant because we see real value in maintaining our brand in this space – both among our peers and among our potential investors – within this forum. … GAI works really hard to make sure that it is value for time and value for money for everybody there. That is why I tell everybody I work with in the sector – whether it’s companies, investors, across the board – if you get the chance, go to one of the Global AgInvesting events, particularly the New York one because you will learn so much from it, meet so many people there, be able to ask so many questions, and get exposed to so much globally in the one place. I’m not saying that just because I was there from the start. I have yet to meet anybody who has come away from a Global AgInvesting event who hasn’t said ‘Yup, I really got lots out of that.’”

For more information, please see our website, the full agenda, sponsors, and speakers. Registration is still open.

– Michelle Pelletier Marshall is contributing editor and author for HighQuest Partners’ GAI News and Oilseed & Grain News, and managing editor for its WIA Today blog. Additionally, she is the company’s PR/Media Manager. She can be reached at marshall@highquestpartners.com.