Sustainability

Despite record production, a report by the Organic Trade Association says the supply chain must improve to meet growing US demand.

Sustainable food and agri-focused Seed 2 Growth Ventures has led a $10m funding round for biological pesticides company Terramera.

Rising demand signals rising prices, but unpredictable weather puts growers at risk, according to an investor and former coffee trader.

Village Capital's for-profit investment fund will invest in at least one US agri company, as well as other potential investments in India and Latin America.

The USDA has made $130m available for competitive grants for peer-reviewed research in six agri sub-sectors.

Arbaro Partners has set up an impact investment fund, and has hired Finnfund's Hana Skelly to manage it.

Seven US universities will receive funding for research to make biofuel production more efficient and less costly.

The sustainable TIMO focuses on non-core timber investments with additional revenue streams from conservation easements with its fourth fund.

The US development bank's capital will be used for small and medium agribusiness loans that ultimately benefit smallholder farmers.

The company had targeted speciality crops and turf, but is developing a biochar-based soil treatment aimed at large-scale grain producers.