By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in the Central Valley of California, Frutura is a relatively new fruit sales and marketing network founded in 2021 and headed by industry veteran and CEO David Krause, that is rapidly growing to become a global year-round fruit supplier. It began with the acquisition in June 2021 of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media More than 250 global companies have made efforts over the past decade to clean up their supply chains and to mitigate the harmful effects of palm oil production, but these measures have been met with limited success, with only 20 percent of the palm oil supply currently certified as […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cover crops have generally been background noise in agricultural production. However, they have gained prominence as a low-cost, key part of regenerative farming methods, and a tool for farmers to use in combating climate change. CoverCress is planted at corn harvest in the fall, and is harvested just before […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Omnivore, an agritech-focused venture capital investor in India, has executed the largest exit in the country’s domestic sector through the sale of its stake in Eruvaka, a developer of cloud-based aquaculture management solutions, including real-time monitoring and smart feeders, to global animal nutrition and aquaculture leader Nutreco. Omnivore first […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. (Bion), the developer of an advanced 3G Tech platform that dramatically reduces the environmental impacts of livestock production and recovers valuable resources through advanced waste treatment, has partnered with Ribbonwire Ranch to build a 15,000-head sustainable beef cattle feed operation in Dalhart, Texas. Joining Bion […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in September 2021 that Australia’s Aware Super let it be known that it was taking steps to divest its 9,000-plus hectare Lake boga farming portfolio – an aggregation that had been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and deliver […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based, company-building platform for early-stage ag and food technologies Radicle Growth has announced yet another channel for accelerating the development of early-stage agtech companies. The launch is being called The Radicle Farm, a global farm-access platform to advance new on-farm technologies. This cohort-style program will identify startups that […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Known for being fully committed to the evolution of the companies it supports, San Juan, Puerto Rico-based investment manager Semillero Partners seeks to empower entrepreneurs at the intersection of value and transformational change. They work to rethink and redefine this change by combining capital with collaborative support and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has expanded its portfolio of assets through the acquisition of the 55-hectare Beemak Vineyard located in the Yarra Valley, from Accolade Wines in a deal valued at just over AUD$7 million (US$4.88 million). Located in the Upper Yarra Valley near TWE’s Hubert […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UM6P Ventures, the venture arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), announced it has made an investment in Climate Crop Ltd., a startup using gene editing technology to develop crops with enhanced abilities to harness energy, store carbon, and produce higher yields. Climate change is multiplying the challenges for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a food chain-focused investor in established food and beverage brands, contract food manufacturers, food service, and CPGs, has acquired Roskam Baking Company with intentions to merge it with Organic Milling, one of its existing portfolio companies since December 2021. In May 2021, e2p announced […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in October 2021 when Enko, a Massachusetts-based developer of novel, next-generation crop protection solutions, announced it had partnered with Australian agrochemical company Nufarm to develop new herbicide solutions for the Australian, U.S., and EU markets. This partnership has come into being at a critical time. Currently, […]
