Chris Janiec
Urgency surrounding climate change is catalyzing efforts to create new forms of public-private partnership in agriculture that appear set to be developed outside the US.
Managing partner Rich Gammill says an opportunity to provide unitranche credit facilities to sponsor-backed food and beverage brands has been created by traditional banks' retreat.
Portfolio manager Robert Hagler says the longer rotations and lower harvesting intensity possible under its Forest Climate Solutions Fund allow for timberland to be managed ‘more gently’.
Sustainable Development Acquisition Corporation faced an August 12 deadline to complete a merger in its target sectors of water, food and agriculture, renewable energy and resource management.
Director Trish Cozart of the US Department of Energy's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center says the program helps validate the quality of start-up's concepts for investors.
Head of sustainable food private equity Rik Vyverman says Indonesia is a promising market that shows investors often underappreciate opportunities available in countries labelled as ‘emerging.’
The minority investment into Parreira Almond Holding Company is the first in support of a 'farmland plus' strategy spearheaded by NewAg Partners co-founder Marcus Wignell and a pair of former Bunge executives.
Glencore’s merger with Bunge brings CPPIB and BCI into the evolving quartet at the heart of global ag trade, albeit in a less direct form than if it had succeeded in creating a true rival.
Participants at the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins conference in New York drew encouragement from the USDA's approval of cultivated chicken while examining challenges and opportunities across a diverse set of markets.
CDPQ's Nicolas Leyssieux and CEFC's Heechung Sung set out how the unusual deal to establish a farmland investment platform while taking an equity stake in Gunn Agri Partners came about.