Meet the Activator is a new regular series designed to highlight the incredible and diverse operations and entrepreneurs activating capital for regeneration across the agriculture and food system.  Company: Hickory Nut Gap Meats LLC Description of Company: Hickory Nut Gap is a branded beef and pork company selling pasture based, regeneratively ...
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The 2022 Natural Products Expo West was the first since March of 2019 and brought more than 2,700 exhibitors and over 57,000 registered attendees to Anaheim last week. Despite its focus on the broader natural products industry, the gathering had a lot to offer those active or curious about the ...
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Almonds have a water problem… or so we are told. It can’t be denied that almond production in California – which accounts for all of the United States’ commercial almond production – is water-intensive. But it’s much worse than that, says one California food entrepreneur, who has built a regenerative ...
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Meet the Activator is a new regular series designed to highlight the incredible and diverse entrepreneurs activating capital for regeneration across the agriculture and food system. Company: Snacktivist Foods Description of Company: Snacktivist is a regenerative food brand that creates delicious, grain-based foods for health-minded consumers. Founded in: 2015 Fundraising ...
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Agritourism as a solution for scaling regenerative agriculture? The concept has been gaining attention lately and for good reason. It isn’t as far-fetched as one might think, especially when you consider one of the biggest barriers to the expansion of regenerative agriculture is capital. With the right approach, agritourism can ...
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In the latest climate related move by the Biden administration, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the government would invest $1 billion to support the transition to climate-smart agriculture. The new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities opportunity will finance pilot projects that create market opportunities for U.S. agricultural and ...
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Chapul, LLC announced today a $2.5 million raise in seed funding and partnership with Nexus PMG to launch Chapul Farms, an end-to-end, regenerative insect agriculture project development company stewarding in a new era of integrated, biological solutions to solve the biggest global food system challenges. The round was co-led by ...
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(Durham, NC – January 27, 2022) Most of today’s agricultural markets focus on transacting in food quantity rather than quality. In doing so, they don’t reflect agriculture’s full impact on both human and ecological health. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has just awarded a $690,000 Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) ...
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Agroforestry is a management practice used around the world that has enormous potential to sequester carbon. According to a study published by Ecology Law Quarterly, “Even the most conservative estimates find that agroforestry sequesters two to five times more carbon per acre than the most effective—and better-known—climate-friendly practices for annual ...
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The existing food system is failing us – failing farmers, consumers, and the environment. Regenerative agriculture offers a path forward to address many of these systemic failures, but for now, it represents only a tiny fraction of our food system. Capital, resources, and innovative thinking are needed to scale regenerative ...
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