regenerative agriculture

The launch of a new impact investment fund in Western Australia signals that impact investing in ag is continuing to find its feet and grow more popular among LPs.

WA Impact Fund, which represents WA Super’s first foray into both agriculture and impact investing, will have regenerative agriculture as one of its four investment strategies.

The LDN Fund is part of a growing movement to restore land worldwide. Here Simone Quatrini, founder and co-ordinator of the fund, discusses its history and targets.

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is leading the $2bn-a-year initiative and is calling for expressions of interest from asset managers to help manage the fund.

Regenerative agriculture-focused fund manager Farmland LP has acquired a property in Willamette Valley, Oregon, from family-owned Olsen Agricultural Enterprise.

Impact investment firm Aurora Impact and the Savory Institute are launching the Future Ready Now project in June to attract investment into a grasslands restoration fund. Pension funds and sustainable clothing companies are among the attendees.

The US regenerative agriculture fund manager has hired Stephen Hohenrieder from Bio-Logical Capital and has certified another 120 acres as organic.

Fonterra’s latest downwards revision of the milk price could hit some dairy farmers hard, according to Agro-Ecological, the New Zealand investment manager.

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has launched the Global Soil Partnership and an online soils portal to help build awareness of and improve soil management globally.

The regenerative agriculture fund manager attracted commitments from high net worth individuals.