By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media “The impact of synthetic pesticides on the environment and human health is in the spotlight like never before, with customers and lawmakers alike demanding alternatives,” said Przemek Obloj, managing partner, Blue Horizon. A shrinking base of arable farmland, tight supply of traditional agricultural inputs, a higher level of willingness […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its formal launch in mid-2020, Calgary-based Veripath Farmland Partners (Veripath) has rapidly grown, today reaching approximately $170 million AUM. The latest addition to its portfolio came in the form of the recent acquisition of 10,500 contiguous acres of farmland in Alberta, Canada, bringing total portfolio acreage to about […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable aquaculture and related tech investor Aqua-Spark has released an in-depth, 92-page report exploring current geography and the potential for Tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa. Noting in AquaInsights, An Introduction to Tilapia in Sub-Saharan Africa, “We don’t doubt that farmed tilapia production in sub-Saharan Africa will grow,”Aqua-Spark has committed […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s official. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has completed the sale of a 45 percent stake in the closely held company to Abu Dhabi’s largest holding company ADQ, marking the first time LDC has opened itself up to a non-family stakeholder in its 170-year history. Financial details of the agreement were […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2018 by co-founders Tony Martens and Maurits van de Ven, Plantible is developing what it calls the “next generation of plant-based food ingredients” by processing the aquatic plant lemna, or what is more commonly known as duckweed. A significant risk associated with our existing food supply is […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian institutional investor AIMCo and global forestry investment manager New Forests have a history of partnering on sustainable forestry and carbon market investments in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. that reaches back for more than 10 years. Their latest co-investment, however, is of a different stripe. Following a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media If I’m not mistaken, Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I LLC is a new name to GAI News, even if its property manager is not. Created as a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business as described by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Promised Land was founded by Chicago-based […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s Aware Super is taking steps to divest its 9,004-hectare Lake Boga agricultural portfolio, which has been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and to deliver benefits that are environmental, commercial, and social in nature. Formerly known as First State Super, the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Fieldin has come a long way since it raised $4 million in 2018. The startup is now serving five of the 10 largest farms in California, and facilitating more than 20 percent of the world’s total almond production. In support of continuing this growth, Fortissimo Capital has led a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Montana-based indoor ag company Local Bounti has closed on a previously announced $200 million debt financing facility with Cargill, which is also a recent investor in the company, according to a press release. Playing the roles of both an investor and a lender to the company demonstrates a high […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nearly 70 percent of all farm machinery being used on Canada’s farms has been imported from other countries. And although the country is home to a range of innovators, the bulk of its agricultural products are shipped as raw materials. A major factor inhibiting advancement within the Canadian agtech […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a company of Manulife Investment Management, has made its second Brazilian timberland deal for the year so far (third for its timberland and agriculture team in South America), stating that the expansion of its timberland portfolio in Brazil is a strategic priority, and a […]
