Regenerative food systems provide the key to unlocking solutions for interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, food and nutrition security, and income inequality. To create regenerative food futures, the world needs business and financial models that support sustainable, just, and secure food systems. Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) ...

The importance of impact as an investment imperative has never been stronger. Worldwide, the size of the impact investing market has surpassed $1 trillion under management – reaching an estimated $1.164 trillion in 2022, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).  It is also expected to experience double-digit growth ...

Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition Corporation (ANSC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Riverstone Holdings and Impact Ag Partners that listed on the NASDAQ in November 2023, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination with the iconic Australian Food & Agriculture ...

Regenerative Food Systems Investment and The First Thirty are excited to announce the opening of applications to the 2024 RFSI Forum Pitch Session: Solutions to Accelerate Regeneration. Early-stage companies working on solutions that support the adoption and scaling of regenerative food systems can apply for one of four finalist spots ...

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 ...

Dirt Capital Partners, a real asset impact investment company with a unique focus on improving farmer access to land, has raised more than $30 million upon the third close of its latest impact first farmland fund. Investors include the Schmidt Family Foundation, Cienega Capital, The Woodcock Foundation, DF Impact Capital, ...

Natural Capital Research Limited (Natcap) has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round. New funding comes from André Hoffmann, Norinchukin Capital, Yeo Ventures, and Pelican Ag. Former CEO of Refinitiv David Craig also participated, and the fundraise also includes follow-on investments from Oxford Science Enterprises, funds advised ...

Merge Impact, a sustainable agriculture software and data management solutions company, has launched Merge Marketplace to address significant data needs in the regenerative crop space. The innovative platform is designed to revolutionize the $185 billion organic and regenerative agriculture markets by introducing tools and strategies focused on embedding fundamental market ...

Earlier this week, RFSI held the first Women Transforming Food & Finance meet-up in Boulder, Colorado, in partnership with Robyn O’Brien of Montcalm. The goal was to bring women working in all corners of the agriculture, food and finance systems in the region together to learn, build community, and elevate ...

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. This week, we are bringing you our first quarterly round-up of ...