By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media GoodLeaf Farms, the first and largest commercial indoor vertical farming company in Canada, has secured $78 million in debt financing, welcoming CIBC and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as two of its newest lenders.  Concurrently, the company announced it has gained a new equity investment from co-investors Export Development Canada […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) announced it sold 1,370 acres of farmland across four farms in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, and South Carolina for a total of $8.9 million – representing a cumulative gain of $3.7 million – approximately 73 percent over net book value.  The announcement of this achievement comes […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nestlé has announced a new partnership, making a committed capital investment through its Sustainability Fund in The Yield Lab Latam, a specialized venture capital fund helping to transform the food sector in Latin America via investments in tech-based startups.  The Yield Lab global network of VC firms that have […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Carter Malloy in 2018, AcreTrader uses crowdfunding to remove the traditional barriers to farmland investing, providing investors, buyers, and sellers unique access to land, data, and tools that create a streamlined, highly efficient experience. Farmland is one of the largest U.S. real estate sectors, valued at more […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When the National Bank of Australasia merged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1981, NAB was born. Today, the bank employs 32,000 and serves more than 8.5 million customers in Australia and overseas.  In early 2022, the group launched its Indigenous business strategy with aspirations to be […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media, and Ever After Foods Photo courtesy of Ever After Foods In this segment of our “Three Questions With…”, which introduces agtech companies to our audience, GAI News heard from Eyal Rosenthal, CEO of Ever After Foods (EAF), which is a cultivated meat innovator working to reinvent meat production […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media China is the world’s largest consumer of poultry products, and the demand for poultry meat continues to rise due to population growth, urbanization, and changing dietary preferences.  Large-scale poultry producers utilizing advanced technology, modern equipment, and efficient processes with vertically integrated supply chains, and a focus on meeting food […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners has made an undisclosed strategic growth investment in Elemental Enzymes, a specialist in enzyme, peptide, and biological chemistry that is developing naturally occurring enzymes and biochemicals for use in commercial agriculture.  Previous funding secured by Elemental Enzymes came from the Missouri […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japan’s Nissui Corporation, the second largest seafood producer in the world with 2022 revenue of $8 billion, has invested in Seascape Restorations Australia Pty Ltd (Immersion Group), a specialist cultivator and producer of Asparagopsis, a red seaweed that is gaining recognition for its ability to reduce methane emissions from […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Campbell Soup Company announced it has divested Emerald Nuts to Flagstone Foods, one of the top producers and distributors of private label healthy snacks in the U.S. for an undisclosed amount.   Chris Foley, executive vice president and president, Campbell Snacks, explained the reasoning behind the move stating, “The sale of […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dallas, Texas-based Macfarlan Capital Partners (MCP) announced it has acquired 7,109 acres of farmland in Poplar, Montana.  Located in the Prairie Pothole Region, just west of the Poplar River, Poplar Farm brings MacFarlan’s total farmland portfolio to more than 25,000 acres.  This latest transaction represents an ongoing farmland investment […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Principals of U.S.-based private equity firm Indigo Partners have led a $50 million investment round for CleanJoule, a Utah-based startup developing a breakthrough technology for the production of superior, cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).  The round also included a range of impressive backers including GenZero, a Temasek-backed investment platform […]