In order to effectively transform the food system from extractive to regenerative, farmers must remain at the center of this effort. Their unique needs and the fulfillment of these needs are inextricably linked our ability to be successful - or not - in creating new systems of approach to agriculture ...

Cascadia Seaweed, the largest cultivator and processor of seaweed-derived agricultural products in North America, is excited to announce the successful first close of its Series A Funding Round, raising CAD$4 million, with investments from WWF Impact (the impact investing arm of World Wildlife Fund US), Vere Ventures, Potato Impact Partners, ...

Alex Edquist is co-founder & CEO of Good Agriculture, an Atlanta-based startup that provides business services to the farming community. This fall, Good Agriculture closed a $650,000 pre-seed fundraising round led by Terra Regenerative Capital, Texas-based Harvest Returns, and G-Force. After a year-long fundraising journey and making her rounds on ...

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 ...

With a sold-out crowd of more than 500 attendees, the 2024 RFSI Forum kicked off last week in Denver, Colorado. The program was packed with sessions to take attendees on a learning journey about the critical role of capital in building regenerative agriculture and food systems. From where we are ...

Agroforestry ecosystem builder, Propagate, has built the foundation for agroforestry expansion in the U.S. and is now seeing their efforts pay off. In the past seven years of business, the company has grown from a concept around bringing the benefits of agroforestry to the U.S., to having planted more than ...

Agriculture and food systems are central to humankind – influencing many of the things most critical to human well-being, including health and nutrition, the environment, climate, and community health. Farmers sit at the foundation of all of this and so their ability to be successful is of the utmost importance ...

Earlier this year, for the first time, Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) put out a call for pitch applications for the annual RFSI Forum, to be held October 9-10 in Denver. Together with partners, The First Thirty, RFSI aimed to find the hottest early-stage solutions for accelerating regeneration. In a ...

From farmer to food company, there is increasing market pressure for transparency across agriculture and food systems. Unfortunately, the existing supply chain has not been set up to offer this, so a transition to transparency will rely on data and technological solutions. One such solution is Merge Impact, founded in ...

There’s a new fund on the block. Terra Regenerative Capital has launched its first fund aimed at closing a major gap in the regenerative agricultural system: the often overlooked and underfunded middle supply chain. The Leaders Fund – aptly named for the systems leaders it aims to invest in – ...