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Jonathan Sanderman, an associate soil scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund, says expectations agricultural soils will gain carbon and provide income to farmers are too high.

Chris Lipton joins GreenWood Resources as head of timberland investments after stints with Hancock and BTG Pactual.

Chief investment officer says following covid-19, increased attention to preventative food investments aimed at deflating healthcare costs will create opportunities for LPs.

A trickle of fund managers choosing to link carried interest to their impact and ESG targets is good news for private markets, showing the industry is serious about its sustainability goals.

Portfolio manager Jonathan Braams says the $C118bn asset manager is considering direct and fund investments to expand the role of ag within its renewable resources portfolio.

Brazilian GP’s partnership with The Nature Conservancy will seek to ‘maintain or enhance financial performance’ across 530,000 acres of existing assets.

The US start-up has partnered with Nomad Foods and is exploring Asian market entry with other regional giants.

Farmland Opportunity president Jay Girotto says the full land market impact of recent ‘feast, then famine’ production dynamics in Pacific Northwest remains to seen.

The GP says it will not receive 50% of its carried interest if it fails to meet new fund’s impact goals, which will be verified by an independent third party.

Pushback against early movers in the water markets, and the strategies they adopt to overcome it, will shape the pathway for any investors that choose to follow.