By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Packhorse Pastoral Company Australia (PPCA) launched in Australia last year with its eye set on building a $1 billion portfolio of regenerative cattle properties by 2027 that would play a critical role in carbon sequestration and addressing climate change. The plan called for properties to operate mostly under a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It has been widely accepted that farming, by its very nature, is an extractive industry. But the realities of water pollution, soil degradation, erosion, and loss of fertility are creeping and cumulative – embodied more as undercurrents to the activity of farming, making the effects easier to dismiss until […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media These facts come at you fast. Currently, agriculture uses 70 percent of the world’s freshwater supply, and by 2050, the UN estimates that we will need to produce 50 percent more food to meet demand – indicating a water increase of 40 percent by the end of this decade. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cargill and its existing partner Naturisa S.A. forged an agreement with Skyvest EC Holdings S.A. to establish a new joint venture that will bring another shrimp feed production facility under Cargill’s management, expanding supply of high-quality feed to the country’s farmers. It was back in 2012 when farmed seafood […]
photo credit: Lithos By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sometimes the best answer is found in the simplest approach. Carbon sequestration and reduction is at the forefront of how we address climate change, leading to the development and launch of a range of carbon capture technologies and solutions. The stakes are high – not only […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ara Partners, a private equity investor focused on backing companies producing consumer products using cost-saving and low-carbon technologies, has committed $65 million to bio-based ingredients company BioVeritas. Already the majority shareholder in the company, this additional capital from Ara Partner will be used by BioVeritas to support the rapid […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Impact-driven carbon finance company Respira International has entered into a multi-year agreement with Phillipson Estates, the owner of Blaston Farm in Leicestershire, for the purchase of voluntary carbon certificates generated by carbon sequestration on arable farmland. This marks the first UK project of its kind to generate certificates based […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Baby eels (called elvers) are the most valuable species on the fish market, often fetching more than $2,000 per pound at the dock – more than 10 times the value of lobster. One factor driving these prices is the overfishing of freshwater eels, endangering wild populations. In Europe, the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Paine Schwartz (then called Paine & Partners) made its first investment in Costa Group – Australia’s top grower, packer, and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables in five categories: berries, mushrooms, glasshouse tomatoes, citrus, and avocados – in 2011. Four years later, in 2015, Paine Schwartz completed an IPO for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the launch of Halal Products Development Company (HPDC) with the intent of using the subsidiary to invest in and strengthen domestic halal food production. It is this subsidiary that has just announced a joint venture with Brazilian global meat […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s a scenario we’ve all become familiar with after managing shifts toward organic farming. Changes in production practices, adopting new methodologies and technologies, integrating new accountability requirements, transparency, and documentation – all have the potential to be costly and pose real challenges to advancement. We are seeing the same […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Did you start to believe that SPAC deals, much like skinny jeans, have been shelved? Well, not so fast… But first, some readers might have joined us after the SPAC attack that was 2020. Seen as an alternative to a traditional IPO, SPACs became more mainstream a few years […]
