Lactalis Acquires Natural Cheese Business from Kraft Heinz for $3.2B
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media A U.S. affiliate of Groupe Lactalis has entered into an agreement to acquire the U.S. Natural, Grated, Cultured, and Specialty cheese business from Kraft...
View ArticleMajor Land-Based Salmon Farming Projects Announced in France, S. Korea
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Since 1980, global consumption of salmon has more than tripled as demand for protein also climbs. And as wild stocks grow more depleted, salmon farming is...
View ArticleAppHarvest Goes Public Through Merger That Values the Company at $1B
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media As AppHarvest launches the world’s largest indoor farm in Morehead, Kentucky, the high-tech, climate-controlled greenhouse developer has made a major...
View ArticleFrom WIA Summit 2020: Highlight on Ag Innovation
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness (October 6, 2020) Today’s agricultural industry is on the verge of turning into a high-tech industry, with agricultural startups and investment in...
View ArticlerePlant Capital Launches $250M Soil Fund I to Support Scalable Regenerative...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media On World Soil Day 2019, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for the protection of the world’s soils, noting in 2015 that one-third of the...
View ArticleTwo Deals Totaling $1B – One for Natural Colors Business, The Second for...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media A seismic shift by consumers toward more natural and transparent food ingredients and away from processed and synthetic options is driving strong growth in...
View ArticleAqua-Spark Makes First Investment in Cell Cultured Seafood – Leads $12.6M in...
photo credit: Shiok By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable aquaculture and related tech investor Aqua-Spark has made its first investment in cell cultured seafood, leading $12.6 million...
View ArticleLoinette Capital Acquires Tanzanian Farming Business Hortanzia
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Mauritius-based Loinette Capital has acquired Hortanzia – a Tanzanian farming company based near Arusha that produces coffee, chives, baby corn, French beans,...
View ArticleContributed Content: Food Waste: How the Agricultural Industry Can Help
By Shannon Bergstrom, Recycle Track Systems Food waste is an economic, environmental, and social disaster. In the United States alone, nearly 40 million tons of food is thrown out every year, which...
View ArticleGladstone Expands California Pistachio Holdings with $32M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Reminiscent of a deal only a month ago, Gladstone Land announced that it has acquired 801 acres of farmland in Fresno County, California, of which 757 acres...
View ArticleSHIFT Invest Raises Another EUR 23M, Making SHIFT III Largest VC Fund in the...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media SHIFT Invest announced it has raised another EUR23 million in the second close of its impact fund SHIFT III. This capital not only brings the fund to EUR 70...
View ArticleSelect Harvest Announces A$81.7M Placement, Agreement to Acquire Piangil...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media ASX-listed almond giant Select Harvest announced the completion of an institutional placement with a take-up rate of nearly 99 percent, raising the company...
View ArticleMosa Meat Gearing Up Production With Another $55M in Funding
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Once a topic for science fiction, the possibility of creating lab-generated meat on a commercial scale is becoming more and more plausible, while the...
View ArticleSyngenta Group Acquires Global Biologicals Leader Valagro
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media In a major boost to its sustainability initiatives and goals, Syngenta Group announced it has agreed to acquire leading global biologicals company Valagro for...
View ArticleDarlington Point Aggregation Placed on Market With Expectations of A$50-60M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Darlington Point Aggregation, an irrigated horticulture and row crop operation located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, has been placed on the...
View ArticleHarvard Spins Out Natural Resources Into New Investment Management Firm,...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Harvard University’s $41.9 billion endowment is spinning off its natural resources portfolio and team to launch Solum Partners, an independent management firm...
View ArticlePontifax AgTech Closes Fund II at $302M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Pontifax AgTech Management announced the final close of its second fund – Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund II (Fund II) at $302 million....
View ArticleAmid Natural Resources Reorg, Harvard Selling Western Rosella Farming Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Just days after GAI News shared that Harvard’s $41.9 billion endowment is spinning off its natural resources portfolio and team to launch Solum Partners – an...
View ArticleŸnsect Extends Series C to $372M, Plans World’s First Carbon-Negative and...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Although still far from being mainstream in Western cultures, the numerous benefits of sourcing protein from insects – namely, high conversion rates, the need...
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Contributed Content: Integrating Labor Management Technology To Help Ag Avoid...
By Jeanae DuBois, Executive Director of Growth Marketing, Shift3 Technologies The ag industry traditionally has been slow to adopt new technologies into long-standing processes, but with the spread of...
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