By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese trading giant Marubeni has invested in KitchenTown, a Silicon Valley-based food startup incubator – providing backing that will support KitchenTown’s consulting and incubation operations, along with Japanese startups working to enter the U.S. market, and U.S. startups expanding into Asia.  “Startups drive the growth of the global economy […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based Folium Capital was co-founded in 2016 by three former Harvard Management Co. colleagues and forestry and agriculture investment specialists – Andrew Wiltshire, Oliver Grantham, and Alvaro Aguirre – with the goal of raising $500 million to invest in agriculture and timber investments.  Expanding upon its focus on the […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in November 2020 under the management of INVL, the leading investment management and life insurance group in the Baltics, with an initial target of EUR100 million (US$110.5 million), the INVL Sustainable Timberland and Farmland Fund II (STAFF II) operates with the intention of heavily focusing on the sustainable […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Athian’s key mission is to help the beef and dairy value chains capture and then claim carbon credits earned by aggregating, validating, and certifying greenhouse gas reductions – and then monetizing those reductions through the sale of the credits.  These steps are accomplished for producers of all sizes through […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In business since 2009, Maple Hill Creamery has been a pioneer in regenerative agriculture as America’s original and largest 100 percent grass-fed, organic dairy company.  The company has made healthy soil the cornerstone of their entire business model and works endlessly the farmers within its network who utilize only […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With a mission to democratize access to capital for women and gender-diverse founders, The51 identifies as a Financial Feminist™ platform – one dedicated to driving economic empowerment for women as a path to gender equality.  Based in Calgary, Canada, The51 Food and AgTech General Partnership (GP) is founded and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media By 2050 the population of the sub-Saharan region is expected to double from 1 to 2 billion people. This explosive increase will lead to fish demand that dwarfs what we see today – with demand climbing from 10 million metric tons per year today to between 16-29 million metric […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media To quote ReFED, “Our food system is radically inefficient”.  Total food wasted in 2021 was 1.3 billion tons, or one-third of the food produced, with the UK generating more than 9.5 million tons of food waste that same year. One approach to mitigating this issue is to extend the […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After being owned and managed by the Macneil family for more than 90 years, Green Park aggregation has been acquired by Lawson Grain through a transaction managed by Paull & Scollard Nutrien Ag Solutions, in conjunction with Elders Rural Services, and a deal reported to be valued in excess […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas, Harvest Returns was founded in 2016 by two military veterans to democratize the ag investment process by connecting individual ag investors with producers in need of capital looking for an alternative to traditional bank loans.  Understanding that ag investment has long been a compelling […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Solum Partners began at the height of the pandemic, in October of 2020, when Harvard University’s $41.9 billion endowment spun off its natural resources portfolio and team into a new independently managed firm focused on investment opportunities in the global agriculture and food spaces. This spin-out of its natural […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Looking to support organic agriculture via new opportunities, North Carolina-based Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions is a tech company providing natural and sustainable herbicide solutions that expand farmers’ options by reducing, replacing, and synergizing with synthetic chemicals used in row and specialty crop production.  A shrinking base of arable farmland, tight […]