By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The realities are staggering. Today, due to our diets, 60 percent of American adults have one chronic illness, such as diabetes or heart disease, and 40 percent have more than one. Incredibly, at a time when scientific advances should mean longer lifespans, our healthy life expectancy has decreased for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Recently, Canada has seen its own version of a “crush rush”. Over the past year there’s been a “gold rush” underway in Saskatchewan, however, in this case, the term “gold’ refers to canola. In little more than a month’s time during the spring of 2021, three major companies announced […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Family-owned James Jones & Sons, the UK’s most diverse timber processor with 27 sites across the country and sales exceeding £330 million (US$446.5 million), has acquired nearly 60 percent of Australia’s Mayflower Enterprises Pty Ltd., the holding company of Hyne Timber and XLam. Dating back to 1882, Hyne Timber […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Florida-based vertical farming company Kalera has merged with Agrico Acquisition Corp. to debut on Nasdaq at a valuation of $375 million. Once this deal is closed, Kalera will delist from the Euronext Growth Oslo exchange during Q2 2022. Kalera, formerly known as Eco Convergence Group, took on its name when […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Packhorse Pastoral launched in March 2021 with a goal of eventually building a $1 billion portfolio of cattle properties by 2027 that will play a critical role in carbon restoration and addressing climate change. Created by Packhorse Investment, Packhorse Pastoral Company Australia (PPCA) is chaired by Tim Samway (the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched by siblings Joelle and Benji Faulkner, Canadian private equity firm Area One Farms bridges the gap between agriculture and equity by creating joint venture partnerships with farming operations looking to expand, but that do not want to take on large amounts of bank debt. Understanding that it’s often […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable private equity firm Lightsmith Group announced the final close of Lightsmith Climate Resilience Partners SCSp RAIF– the first private equity fund of its kind focused on climate resilience and adaptation – with $186 million in capital. Chaired by Richard Kauffman, the former chairman of Energy and Finance for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Currently there are 263 herbicide-resistant species across 71 countries, making weed control and eradication harder than ever. However, traditional agricultural herbicide usage is tied to multiple issues and challenges – herbicide resistance, the inability for application in the rain or in windy conditions, the tendency to run-off into waterways, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In March 2021, Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and its joint venture partner S. Kidman and Co., appointed Elders to market a portfolio of seven of its Northern Australia beef production assets. This move led to more than 1.8 million hectares (about 4.5 million acres) […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global boutique investor Unovis Asset Management is quickly becoming a leader in the alt protein investment space. Its first fund, New Crop Capital Trust, which was launched in 2015, deployed $45 million across 41 early-stage plant-based, fermented, and cultured protein companies on four continents. Its second fund, NCAP Fund […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agrinam Acquisition Corporation (Agrinam) will be seeking out prospective qualified acquisitions after filing a preliminary prospectus on January 21, 2022 with the securities regulatory authorities in every province in Canada (except Quebec) for a $150 million IPO. However, if the greenshoe option (an over allotment option) is fully exercised, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Twelve investors stepped up to participate in a $7 million Series A for Japanese agtech startup IntegriCulture, in support of its species-agnostic, large-scale cell culture technology CulNet System™. Able to inexpensively culture animal cells of all species and types without exogenous growth factors, the proprietary CulNet System is intended […]
