Nearly every week, RFSI News curates the latest news in regenerative agriculture and food systems investing, plus shares some stories of our own along the way, covering the latest strategies, players, challenges and opportunities that exist in the space. RFSI tracks investments and other capital allocations into regenerative agriculture and ...

Fibers Fund, a catalytic fund focused on environmental equity while supporting small U.S. natural fiber and textile producers and processors, has announced a loan into Range Revolution. Founded by Cate Havstad-Casad, Oregon-based company Range Revolution is creating solutions for regenerative leather supply chains and products. The loan – which is ...

Nearly a quarter into 2025, the landscape for investing in regenerative agriculture and food in the U.S. looks similar to 2024 in some ways (slow but growing!) but is also set to a very different and rapidly changing political backdrop. How is this impacting those seeking to advance investment in ...

On February 27-28 RFSI held the second annual RFSI Europe event in Brussels where hundreds of investors, funders, farmers, businesses and other system stakeholders gathered for robust conversation, problem-solving, and connection around the goal of advancing investment into regenerative agriculture and food systems. The dialogue that rung throughout the event ...

Last week, RFSI hosted the 2nd annual RFSI Europe event in Brussels. We started with a moment of reflection. It had been nearly one year ago, at the first RFSI Europe event in 2024, that Dutch farmer Anne van Leeuwen sat on stage and provided a thought-provoking question: “How can ...

Regenerative agriculture real asset manager SLM Partners has listed its Australian pastoral portfolio for sale as it winds down its SLM Australia Livestock Fund. The company has pioneered the regenerative agriculture investing space since its founding in 2009 and today has more than US$750 million in assets under management through ...

Guest author: Maarten Derksen, DOEN Foundation As the urgency to transform our food systems grows, regenerative agriculture has emerged as a beacon of hope, promising sustainability and resilience. This article delves into the early-stage financing of food pioneers and regenerative agriculture, highlighting the pivotal role of flexible, trust-based funding in ...

Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, an impact-driven leader in the investment and stewardship of organic, regenerative farmland, is not only taking stock of its successful 2024, but already preparing for the next season of growth with its first significant investment of 2025. Rex Wettstein, a fifth-generation farmer with an existing ...

A month ago Mathieu Poma and Quentin Werrie announced the launch of Mycelium, with a mission to raise institutional-grade capital to invest in European lands and help farmers rebuild and repopulate soil while generating uncorrelated yet competitive returns to investors. Their goal is to create model farms at scale that produce nutritious food and ...

A Featured Interview with Daniela Ibarra-Howell & Erik Bruun Bindslev Grasslands cover nearly one-third of the Earth’s surface. When these landscapes are mismanaged—often due to inadequate management and livestock grazing practices—it can lead to land degradation with far-reaching consequences for people, wildlife, and the environment. The Savory Institute has spent ...