Contributed by FarmTogether The current economic environment highlights why now is an attractive time to diversify into assets with historically strong risk-adjusted return profiles. Meanwhile, as the world grapples with the pressing challenges of food security, the demand for innovative financial solutions in agriculture has never been more evident.  Against this backdrop, FarmTogether’s Sustainable Farmland […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Fall Line Capital has led a $20 million Series A for Massachusetts-based Guardian Agriculture, the first and only developer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale farming to gain FAA clearance to operate nationwide.  Founded in 2017, Guardian has assembled a world-class team of specialists in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Strategic investor and regenerative agriculture leader Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) has led a Seed round with continued participation from 1855 Capital and Ben Franklin Technology Partners for Croptix, a precision agtech startup enabling predictive, data-driven, farming decisions.  Croptix origins started when Dr. Perry Edwards and Dr. Zhiwen Liu founded […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On August 26, 2022 I wrote an article titled The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Meat Processing in which I outlined the long history of consolidation in the industry, eventually resulting in a market dominated by only four major meat packers – Cargill, JBS USA, Tyson, and National Beef Packing.  […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Originally founded under the name Higher Steaks in Cambridge, England, by Benjamina Bollag and Dr. Ruth Faram, biotech startup Uncommon’s novel approach to cultivated meat production has grabbed the attention of some high profile investors, including Max and Sam Altman (OpenAI and ChatGPT). At the center of Uncommon’s business […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Company-building platform and early stage investor in ag and food technologies Radicle Growth, has a history of forging partnerships and launching platforms that create challenges designed to identify and grow startups advancing technologies that drive the evolution of our food systems.  In 2020 Radicle partnered with Syngenta to announce […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through a deal with an overall value of approximately $18 billion, Bunge, one of the original A-B-C-D giants of grain trading, has agreed to a merger with Glencore, CPP Investments, and BCI-backed Viterra, creating a global powerhouse.  Glencore acquired Viterra in 2012 for CAD6.1 billion through a deal that […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched during the pandemic in mid-2020, Veripath Farmland Partners has already amassed a total of 115,000 acres under management on the predilection that global demand for agricultural products, including food, feed, fiber, and fuel, make farmland – particularly Canadian farmland with compelling valuation discounts and an ability to hedge […]

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 […]