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 ...

Massachusetts-based Edacious, a multi-disciplinary technology company transforming the relationship between agriculture and human health, has announced the successful close of its $8.1 million Series Seed funding round. The round was led by Patagonia’s Tin Shed Ventures, with participation from the Nest Family Office, Trailhead Capital, Grantham Environmental Trust’s Neglected Climate ...

The regenerative agriculture and food investing space is relatively nascent. Most funds in the space have not yet hit the 7 year mark, let alone 10 years. While capital flowing to the space has increased significantly in the past 5 years, it’s still a minuscule fraction of the overall capital ...

Regenerate Asset Management, a specialist climate impact investment manager with a focus on agriculture, has announced the launch of a €50 million regenerative agriculture platform in Spain. The investment will be used to convert 2000+ hectares of conventional farmland away from intensive cereal production and into high value tree crops ...

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 ...

Real asset manager, SLM Partners, which specializes in regenerative agriculture and sustainable forestry, has held the final close of SLM Silva Europe Fund at €30 million. The fund was launched in 2021 with a target of €250 million and with the intent of investing in forestry, orchard crops, and agroforestry ...

Technology and innovation have always been a cornerstone in the development of new agriculture and food systems. From the development of basic hand tools thousands of years ago, to the invention of the plow, new irrigation strategies, and biotechnology, innovative new developments have evolved and altered the way we do ...