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Q1 Update! EATV, the Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF is up +8.84% at market, +8.47% at NAV. This is as of 3/31/24 and for the first 3 months of 2024. For standardized performance of EATV click here: https://lnkd.in/eDKn6MME The performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. For the most recent month-end performance please call +1 424 237-8393 or visit the Funds website at www.EATVetf.com. Performance of EATV takes into account the gross expense ratio, which is 0.76%. #PlantBasedInnovation #ClimatePositive #InvestmentSuccess #ImpactInvesting

Government law interjects into commerce and restricts consumers and investors from seeing any pictures or videos within animal factories. It is called an Ag Gag Law, and it is enacted in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, and North Dakota. Will AI push for more transparent supply chains as informed consumers hold corporations and governments accountable for messing with their food, lagging on R&D for better options and generally denying them information for their own health? Of course, we all need to eat, but we are decades behind on better options that use less land, less water, create less methane, create less pandemic risk, use less antibiotics, destroy less biodiversity and forest, and cause less harm while…creating more nutritious options. WHY? Why are we lagging in innovation? Because a handful of companies are protected so that they can continue the status quo…while our natural resources dwindle, our health fails, animals suffer needlessly and the planet teeters. Unbelievable how some companies are protected by big government to be able to get away with…well, murder. #quoteoftheday #badbusiness #animalagriculture Rick Alexander Kelly McNamara Maria Lettini

How can wealth advisors reach clients’ children? Our latest VegTech Invest newsletter shares our top 12 tips for financial advisors to keep their clients’ children as clients. Read the full article to learn more and sign up for our newsletter at vegtechinvest.com. #wealthadvisors #genZ #millennials #finance

Are we prepared for a world where beef is a luxury item? 🌎🍔 McDonald’s iconic Big Mac is at the center of a growing challenge: rising beef prices. 💰 According to a new Bloomberg article, the average cost of a burger is up 16% from just five years ago, with droughts and climate change hitting cattle herds hard. 🐄 The U.S. cattle herd is currently at a 73-year low, leading to higher beef prices, and experts predict it could take years to rebuild supply. These changes may make us rethink our food choices. As beef becomes more expensive, is it time to explore plant-forward alternatives? 🥩 While climate change affects meat production, meat production also causes climate change. Producing beef is a very inefficient process that uses lots of resources and releases methane into the air. 💨 According to the UN Environment Programme, livestock emissions account for roughly 32% of human-caused methane emissions. A shift away from animal agriculture and a move towards plant-based foods could become both an economic and sustainable solution. The days of the dollar menu might be fading, but new opportunities for more sustainable eating habits are rising. 🍔➡️🥗 Read the full article linked in the comments. #Sustainability #PlantBased #ClimateChange #BeefPrices

❓ What do we really know about American farmers? 🌾 Sanah Baig, Deputy Under Secretary for the USDA, discussed this topic with our CEO and host Elysabeth Alfano in a recent episode of the Upside & Impact: Investing For Change Interview Series podcast. This episode and its transcript are now on NYSE’s ETF Central website. Links to the website and to the podcast are in the comments. 🎙 Want to always get the latest Upside & Impact podcast? Subscribe on iTunes and sign up for the VegTech Invest newsletter at www.VegTechInvest.com. #farmers #USDA #podcast

🤔 What influences your food choices more than you realize? In her powerful TED Talk, the CEO of Tilt Collective, Sarah Lake, uncovers the hidden forces shaping what we eat and how we make decisions at the grocery store. 🍽️  From food marketing strategies to product placement and packaging, Sarah explains how our choices are often guided by unseen factors designed to steer us towards certain products. 🥩 She mentions how in the 1950s the U.S. government was using advertising to push the consumption of meat, and now they have the power to help the environment and consumers’ health by pushing for reducing meat consumption and increasing plant consumption. Her insights reveal the deep connection between food, the global marketplace, and climate change. 🌱 She paints a picture of a world where people are living healthier lives due to plant-rich diets, decreasing their consumption of meat, and therefore tackling climate change. Watch this eye-opening talk at the link in the comments. #climatechange #foodsystemstransformation #plantbased

In an upcoming live podcast, Global Chief Economist of S&P Global Ratings, Paul Gruenwald, joins our CEO and host Elysabeth Alfano to discuss whether we can grow the economy with dwindling natural resources. Register now! #podcast #economy #naturalresources #finance

In the last 3 months we have received several RFPs for how investing in VegTech companies can reduce the biodiversity loss from investor portfolios. We have been talking about how we need to invest for a more resilient, nutritious and less damaging food system for years and it is ringing true with investors: 🌎 For Climate impact 🌲 For deforestation and biodiversity mitigation 🔒 For food security 🌱 For more nutritious food ♻️ For more regenerative and sustainable practices ⏰ And to invest early in a global systems change. With 2030 looming large and as we are dangerously far from our 2030 emissions targets, we do believe that 2025 will be a critical year in food systems innovation and investing. Thank you to Klaas Martens for his succinct and on point quote from Food Tank’s programming during climate week. #impactinvesting #foodsystemstransformation #finance #investing Mike McGlone Joy O'Shaughnessy American Farmland Trust Rex Raimond Sarah Lake Tilt Collective Sarah Day Levesque Tim Crosby Scott Cullen Jane Maland Cady Ertharin Cousin Global Alliance for the Future of Food Anna Lappé Project Drawdown Jonathan Foley

Our latest VegTech Invest newsletter discusses resiliency, adaptation and mitigation when it comes to the food system transformation. What makes this possible? Investment. What makes a good investment? Getting in on a systems shift before everyone else does. Read the full article to learn more and sign up for our newsletter at vegtechinvest.com. #foodsystemstransformation #climatechange #foodsecurity

In a recent episode of VegTech Invest’s Upside & Impact: Investing for Change podcast, USDA Deputy Under Secretary Sanah Baig, shared important statistics around small farmers in America. Listen in to learn how food systems transformation can help small and generational farmers. Link to the full podcast is in the comments. #farmers #foodsystemstransformation #agriculture