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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
Managing director Bob Ratliffe, credited with directing the establishment of Twin Creeks Timber, has been elevated to president of the $6.4bn alternatives investment manager.
The infusion of capital will support efforts to commercialize carinata as a sustainable feedstock for bio jet fuels and animal feed.
Canadian farmland values grew by an average of 7.9 percent in 2016, the 23rd consecutive year of increases, according to Farm Credit Canada.
The seventh investment from food-focused growth capital provider will support Vital Farms, a producer of “pasture-raised” eggs based in Austin, Texas.
New owners Swander Pace Capital hope to capitalize on increasingly-eclectic consumer tastes.
The mid-market private equity firm has made an undisclosed investment in Kar Nut Products Company, which sells nuts and trail mix under the Second Nature, Kar’s and Sweet N’ Salty Mix brands.
The former head of seafood consulting at PwC Norway has been hired to lead AMERRA-linked company’s efforts to expand the provision of non-dairy animal proteins.
New Hampshire-based Conservation Forestry raised $269m for its fourth fund, with European pensions playing a key role, according to chief operating officer Paul Young.
The board of the $14.8bn pension approved Townend’s recommendation to expand its real assets portfolio to include agricultural investments.
The NGP Capital-spin out has raised just over half of its $750 million target on its second fund, according to a recent SEC filing.
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