By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has partnered with British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) to launch Caddo Sustainable Timberlands LP (CST) – a platform through which to build exposure to southeastern U.S. timberland with the goal of generating superior risk-adjusted returns while accounting for ecological integrity and sustainability.  […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPPB) has completed a redemption transaction through Tamarack Timberlands LLC, an investment vehicle owned by the pension fund, with mortgage holder Resource Management Service (RMS) assuming direct ownership and full governance of approximately 870,000 acres of loblolly pine forest spread across the U.S. […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In 2020, His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, commented, “Building a sustainable future is, in fact, the growth story of our time…” As part of this narrative, nature-based investing is still finding its feet, but growing awareness of the increasing need is being demonstrated by the ever-greater capital […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Singapore-based Next Gen Foods has already garnered attention from some of the top food tech investors and growth drivers in Asia. The startup is one of a select group of international investments made by Bits x Bites, China’s first agrifood tech-focused VC fund, and was the first partner of […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within days of each other, two major U.S. pension funds committed capital exceeding $500 million to ag-focused investment funds.  The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has deployed a total investment of $456 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture Funds, committing $191 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, and another […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media  (This interview was originally published in our sister publication, WIA Today) Through the years, HighQuest Partners as a company – and its events, Global AgInvesting, AgTech Nexus, Women in Agribusiness Summit, and Organic & Non-GMO Forum – have addressed the latest and greatest in technology on the […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Where there is a change of ownership for the largest and most iconic agricultural assets in Australia, you’ll likely discover that Elders played a key role in making it happen.  Just two recent examples occurred last year when Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nearly 100 limited partners, many of which are also backers of Serra Ventures’ prior funds, have brought the Serra Capital Ag Tech Fund to where it is today, closing on $45 million in capital commitments.  “The Serra team is very encouraged with the great show of support from our […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cooks Venture, a next generation poultry genetics and regenerative agriculture company, announced $50 million in funding from insurance technology financing pioneer, PIUS.  Launched in early 2019 by Matthew Wadiak, founder and former COO of Blue Apron, after 10 years in development, Cooks Venture breeds and raises proprietary slow-growth heirloom chickens […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media China is implementing a strategic restructuring to further ensure food safety, supply chain efficiencies, and to streamline capacity of its state-owned ag companies. As part of this initiative, it has been announced that COFCO, the largest food manufacturer and commodities trader in the country, has agreed to establish two […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cropping systems specialists with the University of California Cooperative Extension recently spoke with Valley Public Radio (KPVR) to discuss decades of work with water-efficient soils and regenerative agriculture, and how water is key to climate change resilience.  This sentiment also aligns with the work being done by Elicit Plant, an agtech […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The cocoa industry has been long-beset with challenging issues –  economic, environmental, and social – including smallholder producers earning barely the price of a candy bar per day, climate change, deforestation, and child labor issues. Offering a solution to all of these issues is California Cultured. Based in Davis, […]