By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Let’s face it, the relationships we have with our most beloved foods can be complex. Climate change, rising costs, ethics issues associated with production and processing, and health issues plague many of our go-to favorites like chocolate, for example. And in some cases, the challenges even put the future […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Stafford Capital Partners announced the successful initial close of its carbon offset and sustainable timber strategy, the Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund, at $242 million. Launched recently in December 2022 with an anchor investment of $114 million (£100 million) from Essex Pension Fund and an ultimate funding target of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media One hundred days after Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) acquired BayWa r.e. Bioenergy GmbH via the Macquarie Green Investment Group Energy Transition Solutions Fund, GIG announced a rebranding of the business as VORN Bioenergy (VORN). This acquisition and rebranding comes as the EU is looking to significantly […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The cross-industry need for bioreactor capacity is massive, and not being met. When examining just one engaged industry – the production of cultivated edible protein – Future Fields explained that 10 billion liters of bioreactor capacity will be needed by 2030, when currently there exists only 51 million liters […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) has allocated a total of $400 million into a separate account with UBS Farmland Investors and a Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund IV. The capital was dedicated to the Olympic Sun separate account that was launched with a cornerstone investment of $100 million in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading vertical farming pioneer Plenty and Realty Income, a REIT-structured real estate investor, announced their strategic alliance to provide up to $1 billion in support of the development of Plenty’s indoor vertical farms. “We are pleased to announce this strategic relationship with Plenty – whose sustainable business practices align […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UK-based private equity firm Exponent has entered into an agreement to acquire IFF’s Flavor Specialty Ingredients (FSI) business in an all-cash deal for $220 million. IFF’s FSI is a leading producer of specialty base aromas with a wide range exceeding 1,000 aroma chemicals and natural extracts, which provide inputs […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable ag and food investor Cibus Fund II has acquired Alba Trees Limited, a sustainable forestry nursery founded in 1988, for an undisclosed sum. Based in East Lothian, Scotland, Alba Trees is pioneering the supply of cell-grown trees for the forestry sector. Since its founding, through expansion and re-investment, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in Mandeville, Louisiana, ABADIE explains that it is a multi-disciplinary energy and midstream entity. Since 2013, the company has transformed from an engineering and consulting firm to being focused on the development, investment, operations, and management of midstream assets and energy-related portfolio companies. Now, the company announced its […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elo Life Systems was spun out of biotech company Precision BioSciences in late 2021. At the time, Michael Amoroso, CEO of Precision BioSciences, commented, “Elo is now a separate food and agriculture business, with independent financial resources and focused core capabilities to support its essential mission to improve human […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mission Produce, a vertically integrated, global leader in the avocado business, has partnered with Criterion Africa Partners (CAP), a private equity firm developing assets in the forestry value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ZZ2 Boerdery (ZZ2), one of South Africa’s largest farming companies, to launch the joint venture Selokwe […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Positioned at the nexus of agtech and fintech, U.S.-based tech startup GrainChain has closed on $29 million in funding to digitize the world’s grain supply chains. After years of volatility in global commodity markets, the promise that a digital ag platform can provide farmers with higher returns per acre […]
