Hancock Natural Resource Group Acquires 12,874 Hectares of Brazilian Timberland
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a company of Manulife Investment Management, has acquired 12,874 hectares (31,812 acres) of eucalyptus plantations in...
View ArticleCropX Partners with NASA Harvest for Out-of-This-World Global Soil Monitoring
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Soil analytics company CropX has forged a strategic partnership with NASA Harvest – NASA’s Food Security and Agriculture Program housed within the NASA...
View ArticleLouis Dreyfus Sells Imperial Sugar to U.S. Sugar
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has agreed to sell the business and related assets of Imperial Sugar Company to Clewiston, Florida-based U.S. Sugar for an...
View ArticleLIVEKINDLY Raises $200M in New Funding, Closes Round at $335
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media It was one year ago, in March 2020, that GAI News first shared news about LIVEKINDLY Collective, a new plant-based food platform launched by a consortium of...
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AeroFarms to go Public Via SPAC Deal at $1.2B Valuation
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media As AeroFarms’ co-founder and CEO David Rosenberg noted that the business is at an inflection point, the leading vertical farming company is merging with...
View ArticlePrestige Funds Launches Dedicated Islamic Impact Fund Focusing on UK Ag,...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Leading UK private debt investment manager Prestige Funds announced the launch of Premium Alziraea Fund, a dedicated Islamic, Shariah-compliant real assets...
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Contributed Content: The Rise of Vertical Farming
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital As one of the leading advocates for the indoor farming sector, I was excited to see the March 2021 announcement that AeroFarms, a trailblazing...
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Bluu Biosciences Raises €7M in Seed Funding For First EU Cell-Based Fish
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Less than 10 months after its launch, Berlin and Lübeck-based Bluu Biosciences, the first company in Europe to develop and produce cell-based fish, announced...
View ArticleCargill Exits Sugar Trading, Agrees to Sell Alvean Stake to Brazil’s Copersucar
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Weren’t we just here discussing Louis Dreyfus Company’s move to sell out of its sugar holdings? Well, now another of the global ABCD-giants is following...
View ArticleKempen Partners With Stichting Pensioenfonds PostNL to Launch SDG Farmland Fund
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Kempen Capital Management, via its Fiduciary Management and Institutional Solutions team and the investment specialists of the Private Markets team, has...
View ArticleBiotech Company Amfora Closes on $6M Series B to Enhance Nutritional Density...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amfora, a California-based biotechnology company using gene editing to raise the protein density in soybeans and other crops, has closed on a $6 million...
View ArticleBridgepoint Acquires Sun World With Goal of Expanding Genetics and Tech...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media International private equity group Bridgepoint has agreed to acquire Sun World, a global leader in fruit genetics, research and development, and licensing....
View ArticleFarmers Gate, Red Dog Management, and Oppy Partner on Groundbreaking...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ag investment firm Farmers Gate (founded by Dan Fabian, formerly with Blue Road, Stephen Smith, formerly with Harvard, and Thaddeus Tracy, formerly of Teays...
View ArticleGladstone Land Acquires California Olive Orchard for $37.8M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has acquired 2,285 gross acres of farmland in Tehama County, California, from Boston-based Solum Partners for $37.8 million. As part of the...
View ArticleMeliBio Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Make Bee-Less Honey
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Food tech is astounding. We’ve discussed eggs without chickens, protein from volcanoes, and milk without milking cows, just to name a few innovations that...
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15 Minutes With… Jim Garner, CEO of AllerGenis
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media According to a recent McKinsey report, more than 30 million people (5.6 million are children) in the U.S. have been diagnosed with food...
View ArticleContributed Content: A Deeper Dive into Farm Investment
By Joseph Byrum When faced with a choice between investing in whatever technology startup is hot these days and what’s essentially a very large patch of dirt, the choice for many is obvious. Shiny...
View ArticleBlue Road Capital Acquires One of North America’s Largest Honey Processors
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Road Capital has acquired Natural American Foods (Sweet Harvest), a Minnesota-based natural sweeteners platform and one of the largest honey processors...
View ArticleIMG Citrus Acquires 2,500-Acre Citrus Grove, Expands Total Acreage to 11,387...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Florida-based, family-owned, vertically integrated citrus grower, packer, and shipper IMG Citrus announced it has acquired a 2,500-acre grove through a deal...
View ArticleMission Barns Raises $24M Series A to Scale Up Cultivated Fat Production
(photo: Mission Barns) By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Plant-based meats have taken off. But as food innovators strive to create products that match their animal-based counterparts in taste...
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