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U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action Mobilizes Tech and Finance Sectors to Fulfill Agriculture’s Potential as a Climate Solution
ST. LOUIS—Feb. 9, 2021—In conjunction with World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), The Mixing Bowl and Croatan Institute, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action (USFRA) today issued a new report1 that analyzes the state of soil health technology and identifies opportunities to find new sources of capital to scale-up ...
Raising Regenerative News – January 28, 2021
Carbon markets take center stage as new money, a new administration, and new projects have led to increased interest in regenerative practices. RFSI hosted two Regenerative Dialogues webinars that highlighted influential reports on the regenerative food and fiber industries and the investment opportunities available plus new investment activity, and more ...
Raising Regenerative News – January 14, 2021
Our first issue of 2021 reports on some exciting new investment opportunities and news about growing interest in carbon markets. Our Regenerative Insights series focuses on compelling voices in the regenerative space. , We recognize that added attention comes with added scrutiny for regenerative after a big year, and more ...
Regenerative Insights with Adrian Rodrigues
Adrian Rodrigues is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Provenance Capital Group, a financial services firm focused on allocating capital into regenerative natural resource investments. At Provenance Capital, Adrian helps develop blended capital structures that catalyze resilient biological systems and businesses, something he has great passion for. Before Provenance, Adrian ...
Top 10 Stories of 2020
2020 was quite a year. It brought with it challenges that most had never seen before and that our agricultural sector certainly has never had to navigate at this scale. We saw farmers lose markets for their crops – forcing some to destroy them, supply chains crumble, and businesses across ...
Raising Regenerative News – December 17, 2020
This issue focuses on new resources in the regenerative space: A new forward-looking report from the Rockefeller Foundation, USDA funding information from FS6, and two new reports (and the launch of RFSI Webinars in January to talk about them!) Also, the zero-waste grocery trend, the new Ag Secretary, and more ...
Raising Regenerative News – December 3, 2020
What will Biden’s choice for a cabinet level “Climate Czar” mean for the planet? We lead off with a look at how climate policy is being revolutionized in the U.S. and U.K. Read on for investment news, regenerative stories from around the world, two viewpoints on carbon credits, and more ...
Raising Regenerative News – November 19, 2020
A new report highlights key barriers facing a move by farmers and ranchers towards a healthy, resilient, and regenerative food and ag system; we offer perspectives on what President-elect Biden might mean for agriculture; the Farm Bureau joins environmental groups to take on climate change, new investment activity; and more ...
Raising Regenerative News – November 5, 2020
The latest edition of Raising Regenerative News looks back at four years of ag policy under Trump and how the 2020 election will affect the future, a new design collective offers opportunity for regenerative cotton growers, a new way to earn carbon credits, new opportunities for ag investment, and more ...
An Introduction to Investments in Natural Capital
By Toby Grogan, Natural Capital Manager, Impact Ag Partners What is Natural Capital? Natural capital comprises Earth’s natural assets (soil, air, water, flora and fauna), and the ecosystem services resulting from them, which make human life possible (UNEP Finance Initiative). Using a framework for natural capital presents a way for ...