Chief executive Kevin Schwartz says ag-related strategics like former AgroFresh parent Dow Chemical remain active buyers and sellers across the food and ag value chain.
Chairman Paul Pittman says a planned solar project on the $3.7m property is not guaranteed but has a 'reasonably high probability' of going forward.
Deal creates Oklahoma's first state forest and combats the parcelization of prime timberland, says Conservation Fund senior vice-president Brian Dangler.
The asset manager has also made investments into British greenhouses and a land-based aquaculture system in Norway, as it builds out its food infrastructure assets.
Lee Fish becomes Sole Source Capital’s third foodservice distribution investment. The company imports more than 200 seafood species to North America.
The British firm has previously invested in food and beverage businesses such as Quorn and Vibrant Foods, which is made up of brands such as TRS, East End Foods and Fudco.
CDPQ's sustainable land management team head Nicolas Leyssieux says Westervelt Ecological Services has potential to become a leader in the industry.
Capital was deployed from the firm’s Fund II, which has raised $340m to date and has taken an $80m commitment from LACERA.
The institutional investors participated in a Series B round for Loam Bio led by Lowercarbon Capital and Wollemi Capital, taking the start-up’s total funding to A$150m.
Investment officer Pushpam Jain says the pension’s exposure to commodities alerted it to opportunities in farmland markets it had tracked since 2018, which ultimately led to more than $500m in TIAA secondaries deals.