By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Unconventional Ag Media Stable, with teams across the U.S., and in London, Singapore, and Bermuda, is on a mission to change the way the world understands and manages volatile commodity prices. They offer advanced technology whereby they deliver price risk management solutions for commodities where no futures markets exist. By employing […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media This is one venture capital company that lives up to its goal of investing in the vision of its entrepreneurs, of those who exhibit the audacity and know-how to grow great companies with products or services that satisfy real needs in leading markets, like agriculture. This is Champel […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ranch land accounts for about 28 percent of the more than 600 million acres that make up the U.S. landmass. Unlike tropical forests that sequester most of their carbon in vegetation, grazing land ecosystems hold as much as 90 percent of its carbon in the soil, according to the […]
photo credit: EIB By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have forged their first agreement for direct capital support. Following decades of general cooperation between the two organizations, the EIB has agreed to commit €500 million (US$515.43 million) in financing to support […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The human love affair with chocolate has roots going back at least 2,000 years when cultures in the Americas began growing cocoa to use the beans to make a spicy drink including hot peppers. Today, 70 percent of the world’s cocoa bean supply comes from West African countries – […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The struggling cotton industry in Australia’s far north on the Ord River Irrigation Area (the Ord) is finally seeing an organized effort to advance, thanks to a complex web of partnerships, fundraisings, and investments. Back in September, Naomi Cotton Limited (Naomi) announced its agreement with Kimberley Cotton Company (KCC) […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment unit of Bayer AG, is the lead investor for the latest funding round for NuCicer, a California-based agri-food tech startup pioneering ultra-high protein chickpeas. Joining Leaps by Bayer were Blue Horizon, Trellis Road, and Lever VC, which led funding for the company in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In a move to expand its exposure to global timberland and accelerate its transition toward a goal of Net Zero, the UK’s Essex Pension Fund has made a £100 million (US$116.6 million) anchor commitment to Stafford Capital Partners’ Stafford Carbon Offset Opportunity Fund. Founded in 2000, Stafford Capital Partners’ […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berries have been hot! Considering the nutritional value of fresh berries, and their diverse range of applications from the bakery to beverages, it’s not surprising that they are one of the most rapidly growing fresh produce categories at retail stores in the world. Macros are driving the fresh fruits […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Roslin Tech, the Edinburgh-based food and agtech specialist, announced its close on an £11 million (US$11 million) Series A led by Novo Holdings that will fuel the next wave growth toward its goal of becoming the leading provider of animal cell lines to the cultivated meat sector. Joining Novo […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Constellation Brands has been realigning for a few years now. In 2018, the group made a surprising announcement that it was investing a further $4 billion in publicly traded Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth. In 2019, the group sold approximately 30 wine brands and related facilities located in California, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In January of this year, GAI News shared that London-based controlled environment agriculture (CEA) technology and research startup Vertical Future raised what was acknowledged as the largest round to be closed in the European CEA industry. More recently, in September of this year, we shared that German cannabis company […]
