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Hardware start-ups require bespoke financing models for CAPEX intensive growth strategies. To address this, CSC Leasing and Clean Crop Technologies, Inc. have partnered to create a tailored financing model that enables assets to be deployed directly at end-user locations, accelerating early adoption and on-site pilots, streamlining the path to scale. To read more, check out the Foodbytes by Rabobank report: https://lnkd.in/etTqN3s4

Travis Krause sat down with us to talk about LandTrust, his beautiful ranch, and how they interact.

For many farmers, access to capital is one of the biggest risks across their operation – especially when it comes to purchasing new land that comes up for sale. Fractal.ag helps farmers access the capital they need when they need it to secure their next opportunity for growth. Learn how Fractal can help farmers better compete while keeping them in control. Evan Shout (Maverick Ag), Tim Hammerich (Future of Agriculture), Grant Wiese (Farm640), Chris Barron (Ag View Solutions) #AgLinkedIn #FarmWeird #Agtech

Highlight from last week: Update lunch with Cole Jones, Founder & President of Local Line an exciting, innovative company supplying a local food commerce platform to farms, food hubs, grocers and restaurants. Excellent growth to 17,000 farmer customers and enterprise clients like Chipotle restaurants and grocers like Tops Market. Check the website out at www.LocalLine.co RHA Ventures Inc. TheGroveWFD Western Fair Association Reg Ash Michael Dales Richard Gruener Nevin McDougall Graeme Millen Kapil Lakhotia John Pollock Josh Barr Teresa Van Raay Chantel Crockett Megan Malone - CITP / FIBP Mohamad Yaghi

I recently saw Trailhead Capital's framework for impact and think it's a thoughtful synthesis of the core advantages of regenerative agriculture vs degenerative agriculture. 1) Soil health: Extractive > Regenerative 2) Climate change: GHG source > Sink 3) Biodiversity: Collapse > Reinvigoration 4) Water: Largest user > Better steward 5) Human health: Poison > Food as medicine 6) Rural livelihood: Neglect > Vibrancy Food is an enormous lever of change, and we're fortunate to be partnered with Trailhead Capital, who is helping lead the charge. Mark Lewis Pete Oberle Nick Schroer, CFA, Andrew Keesee, Connie Cocroft Bobby Pelz Jr.

Join AgYield's Dan Dempsey as he sits down with Ben Gordon, CEO of Fractal Agriculture, and Kyle Mehmen, owner of MBS Family Farms, for an in-depth discussion on the financial pressures facing today's farmers. In their conversation, Dan, Ben, and Kyle offer solutions on how farmers can better manage their finances, prepare for opportunities, and leverage tools like AgYield and Fractal to capitalize on deals without straining their working capital. Watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/gh9C9t4x #AgFinance #GrainMarkets #FarmingSolutions #AgBusiness

In case you missed it, our very own co-founder Emma Fuller opened the RFSI Forum yesterday with her discussion on ‘Scaling Solutions for Resilient Farming, Business, and Investing Starts With Soil.’ Emma shared where we are today with regenerative agriculture: - There are 255M row crop acres in the US, 176M of which are corn & soy, so if we are serious about transitioning to regenerative agriculture we need to engage all acres to have a real impact - Capital is critical to scaling solutions: $200-$450B is needed to scale regenerative agriculture, but we are only at $20-45B annually today - We need market rate returns, not just concessionary returns, to generate the necessary capital needed for impact in regenerative agriculture Come find us at the RFSI conference! #RFSIForum24 #investing #aginvesting #impactinvesting #farming #regenerativeagriculture #foodsystems #naturalcapital #sustainability #agtech

In this month's edition of Trailhead Capital's GuidePost 📰: ➡️ Highlights and Takeaways from our 2024 Annual General Meeting held at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture ➡️ Founder Fundamentals on shortening the learning and iteration cycles that could benefit entrepreneurs in the start up space ➡️ A great report and visual map put together by the TransCap Initiative and other collaborators on Financing the Regenerative Agriculture Transition in the Midwest ➡️ Portfolio News from CamoAg, Eion, EarthSense, Inc. and more! Read more about it at the following link 👉 https://lnkd.in/dBeGhHUp

Last week, Trailhead Capital held it's Annual General Meeting at the historic Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. The event convened over 100 investors, portfolio company entrepreneurs, and network partners where we spent the day together going over the growing investment opportunity in regenerative food & agriculture, touring the grounds at Stone Barns, and enjoying a Michelin-starred meal prepared by the renowned chef of Blue Hill Restaurant - Dan Barber. We couldn't be more grateful for the support Trailhead has received throughout the short history of ours as a firm and it is a true testament to our team, the Limited Partners who support us, as well as our trusted service providers in making an event like this possible in the first place. We look forward to continuing on this journey of ushering in the regenerative future of our food and agricultural system and last week's event was a positive indication that we are all headed in that right direction. Onward! #regenerativeagriculture #venturecapital #impactinvesting #stonebarns #bluehillrestaurant #susustainability