By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Transformation is typically not easy. If done responsibly, it can be demanding in both time and capital. But once accomplished, it can also be highly rewarding on a number of fronts – return on investment, socially, ecologically, and environmentally, for example. Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the asset management […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Unconventional Ag Media FFM is an organic pioneer and a global commodity trading house with over 30 years of experience in organic, non-GMO, and specialty commodities. FFM conducts business with numerous farmers around the world and has its own unique vertically integrated, traceable, supply chain. An in-house logistics department manages all […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in the UK, pioneering ag-biotech company Tropic Biosciences (Tropic) leverages advanced plant breeding techniques with gene editing technologies to develop high-performing, commercial crops suited for cultivation in tropical regions. Under its mission of harnessing cutting-edge technologies (such as its proprietary GEiGS platform) where it is needed most, Tropic […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tyson Foods and Saudi Arabia’s Tanmiah Food Co.(Tanmiah) have announced a deal that will see the Arkansas-based food giant expand its presence in the Middle East protein space. Tanmiah’s history goes back to 1962. As part of the Al-Dabbagh Holding Group, the company is one of the leading suppliers […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of Royal DSM, has led a $14.5 million Series A funding round for Phytolon, a Trendlines portfolio company developing fermentation-based natural food colors. Additional participants in the round included Cibus Fund, The Trendlines Agrifood Fund, and Ginkgo Bioworks, which participated via an in-kind […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Instar Asset Management, a private equity firm focused on North American middle-market infrastructure and alternative real asset categories, partnered with company management to acquire a majority stake in Canada’s Greenwood Mushrooms from Novocap for an undisclosed amount. Novocap initially invested in the company in May 2016. Over the course […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Superior Pine Products, a multi-generational, family-owned business that owns and operates forestland and agricultural businesses across Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, announced it has expanded its footprint, acquiring more than 58,000 acres of high-quality timberland near El Dorado, Arkansas, and Monroe, Louisiana. The property, known as the “Castle Timberland […]
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 emissions to as […]
photo credit: Pure Harvest Smart Farms By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based sustainable, tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) continues to be the one of the best-funded startups in the MEASA (Middle East, Africa, and South Asia) region, announcing it has secured $180.5 million through its latest growth funding round to bring […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Strategic Chicago-based private equity firm Shore Capital Partners announced a close for its Food & Beverage Fund II (F&B Fund II) oversubscribed at more than $290 million. This closing of $291.75 million lifts total capital committed to $3 billion for Shore Capital, which also has offices in Nashville and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French multi-energy company TotalEnergies has become the largest shareholder in Gabonese forestry company Compagnie Des Bois du Gabon (CBG) after acquiring a 49 percent stake in the company from Criterion Africa Partners (CAP) for an undisclosed amount. CAP is an integrated forestry investor and forest products company that operates […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Two Japanese giants, Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Maruha Nichiro, announced their agreement to establish ATLAND Corporation (ATLAND) – a joint venture that will specialize in the land-based production of salmon. In the planning stage since March 2021, this project will be centered in Nyuzen, in the Toyama Prefecture, beginning […]
