The subsidiary of Canadian financial holding company Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited completed its IPO and acquired an indirect 42.2 percent interest in AFGRI, a South African agricultural services and food processing company.
The move marks a foray into the plant-based protein market for Maple Leaf, which up until now has sold meat products, from sausages to deli meat.
Global investment group Stafford Capital Partners has announced the appointment of two agriculture executives, Marek Guizot and James Allen, who joined the London-based real assets division last month.
The investment was made out of the Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund II, which closed on its $400 million hard-cap in November.
Pipeline Foods will initially focus on helping established food companies create transparent supply chains for expanding organic and non-GMO offerings.
Growth equity fund JMK Consumer Growth Partners has led Series B investment in Miyoko’s Kitchen, a producer of non-dairy vegan cheese and butter alternatives.
Under the agreement, PHI and HMC will grow premium organic turmeric in Vietnam and establish an organic turmeric farming operation on a 408-acre property in Florida.
Mauser provides packaging for the storage and transport of agricultural chemicals, including fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides; as well as for the food & beverage industry and several other core markets.
The Colorado-based input sales and distribution company is facing challenges Moody’s described as including the 'vagaries and seasonality of North American agriculture'.
Increasing concerns over food safety and compliance with related legislation has catalyzed recent private equity investment in food safety and traceability.