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.
Farmland Partners CEO: ‘5% of portfolio is sold’
Chief executive Paul Pittman says while FPI has received interest in its entire portfolio, the NYSE-traded REIT plans to continue pursuing opportunistic individual sales.
Peoples Company looks in-house for new sustainability director
New sustainability director Mollie Aronowitz says she expects her new position will bring her in closer contact with institutional investors.
Inari raises $89m Series C for seed tech
Chief executive Ponsi Trivisvavet says her management team’s agricultural backgrounds gives the company an understanding of where it should pursue disruption in the sector.
Nuveen mulls change to sustainability reporting
‘You shouldn’t be surprised if soil health comes into the KPI process,’ says the firm’s head of sustainability.
UK Export Finance’s $73m loan to help rehabilitate Angola’s cattle sector
Head of agency says there is a mismatch between the number of international companies interested in export credit in the country and lenders capable of operating there.
Pipeline Foods launches sustainability program
Senior vice-president for agriculture and public affairs Erin Heitkamp expects to see standardization of industry-sector issues and key performance indicators.
Agrivida seeks $20m for feed additives commercialization, research in Series F
Animal nutrition-focused company's chief executive says private equity firms are investigating opportunities to combine varied food and agtech investments.
EXEO backs Tanzanian producer of Purdue University-designed grain bags
The South African private equity firm said the Gates Foundation's decision that the woven polymer storage bags had reached commercial maturity cleared the way for it to invest in the product, which is used in the cement and agriculture industries.
Why private capital is a good match for regenerative ag
A USDA-backed report has provided clear direction for private fund managers interested in tapping growing institutional demand for regenerative agricultural investment strategies.
Government support is ‘the US’s only scalable regenerative agriculture strategy’
A three-year USDA-sponsored study found $47.5bn of assets are being managed through 70 investment strategies that include criteria associated with holistic ag 'regenerative' approaches.
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