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 […]
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 […]
