Chuck Stanley
The fund is set to buy more than 700 acres of Georgia farmland for high-intensity, pasture-fed cattle production, says Gratitude Railroad founder Eric Jacobsen.
US crop insurance subsidies cause inefficient farming and expensive pollution to waterways, a Union of Concerned Scientists paper argues.
The TIAA operating division has launched an online alternative investment platform together with Altivest.
The funding will help expand sales of its healthier frozen poultry meals to large retailers, including Target and Kroger.
An improved economic outlook for Brazil promises stability for investors, says Aqua Capital's Sebastian Popik.
Australian sustainable-focused investment group AgCAP is seeking A$220m for its Sustainable Agriculture Fund.
The $2.8bn pension fund is aiming to reduce its $287.4m natural resources portfolio allocation from 10 percent to 5 percent.
The Chinese state-owned company plans to merge its subsidiaries into a global agri platform, the latest move in a wave of global agri corporate consolidation.
The facility will be incorporated into Forage Global, a new subsidiary looking to follow the global trend of aggressive consolidation and vertical integration in the forage industry.
Colin Butterfield, who managed Brazilian farmland investments for a TIAA-CREF and Cosan Alimentos JV, will lead the university endowment's natural resources strategy.