Forward Fooding’s Post

🚨 Exciting news this week to brighten your feed! 🌳 We at Pymwymic have successfully closed our second fund, focused on fixing the food system. 👉 Let’s connect if you’re interested in contributing to a better, more sustainable food future (and make our food system great again 😉).

Regenerative agriculture can play a crucial role in meeting global climate goals and ensuring we can provide affordable and nutritious food for generations to come. Transitioning to regenerative forms of agriculture requires a systemic approach benefiting all stakeholders, from farmers to corporate businesses. 🌍 Together with Foodvalley NL, and with support from Food Collective , we have launched a €30 million Regenerative Innovation Portfolio as a Food Innovation Hub Europe initiative. The Portfolio fosters a collaborative community for sharing knowledge and experiences, promoting successful partnerships and innovation. 🤝 As the world's largest food innovation community, we will match partner contributions up to €5 million annually until 2025, potentially reaching a total investment of €30 million. “By matching funding from partners in the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio, EIT Food aims to enable a significant commitment to the #regenerative transition within Europe”, says Richard Zaltzman, our Chief Executive Officer. 🌱 To date, the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio has already identified five potential priority landscapes throughout Europe where multiple stakeholders – such as regional governments, investors, and retailers – have mutual interests and are willing to collaborate. Keen to learn more or get involved? 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFbtNzJ8 #ImprovingFoodTogether #FutureOfFood #FoodSystem #RegenerateToAccelerate

Regenerative agriculture can play a crucial role in meeting global climate goals and ensuring we can provide affordable and nutritious food for generations to come. Transitioning to regenerative forms of agriculture requires a systemic approach benefiting all stakeholders, from farmers to corporate businesses. 🌍 Together with Foodvalley NL, and with support from Food Collective , we have launched a €30 million Regenerative Innovation Portfolio as a Food Innovation Hub Europe initiative. The Portfolio fosters a collaborative community for sharing knowledge and experiences, promoting successful partnerships and innovation. 🤝🌱 As the world's largest food innovation community, we will match partner contributions up to €5 million annually until 2025, potentially reaching a total investment of €30 million. “By matching funding from partners in the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio, EIT Food aims to enable a significant commitment to the #regenerative transition within Europe”, says Richard Zaltzman, our Chief Executive Officer. 🌍 To date, the Regenerative Innovation Portfolio has already identified five potential priority landscapes throughout Europe where multiple stakeholders – such as regional governments, investors, and retailers – have mutual interests and are willing to collaborate. Keen to learn more or get involved? 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFbtNzJ8 #ImprovingFoodTogether #FutureOfFood #FoodSystem

On this call, listening to Wayne Mirana now, talking about healthy people, food justice, sovereignty and climate, thriving communities and the food system. Very intersted in the work of Definity, graning and investing as a system. #blendedcapital #systems #grants #investing #catalyticcapital

Rabobank and the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (AmCham) hosted a documentary screening on sustainable transition practices towards regenerative agriculture. The collaboration was driven by the objective to share knowledge and create an impact on the importance, urgency, and transformative potential of regenerative agriculture. This initiative underscores Rabobank’s commitment to a sustainable transition towards a future-proof food system.   Karen Heuvelmans Head of Sustainable Business Development Europe and Africa hosted the panel discussion, sharing valuable insights on the topic and collaboration, emphasizing the significance of the topic.   Together with esteemed partners like the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Unilever, we are exploring how to scale up regenerative agriculture. By building value-chain partnerships, we can drive positive change across the food industry.   #sustainablelending #foodtransition #regenerativeagriculture  

In four weeks our SIXTH annual Regenerative Food Systems Investment Forum kicks off! We have some NEW faces joining us at this year's Forum...see our final slide in the video. Check out why are we and others saying, "Regenerative Has Arrived" ⬇️⬇️⬇️ and JOIN THIS COMMUNITY on Oct. 9-10 at the RFSI Forum!   👀 How we know: policies, regulation, legislation, corporate commitments, and investment funds are all turning their attention to the power of regenerative agriculture.   🎯 Why: Regenerative can help build resilience, reduce risk and help enable beneficial systemic outcomes for climate, the environment, farmer well-being, healthy food, and much more.   😳 BUT! There’s an enormous financing gap preventing us from realizing this potential - an estimated $250-430 BILLION GAP that if closed could offer 13x that in new investment opportunities.   💸 CAPITAL is a critical lever to move REGENERATION Forward!   🌎 Be part of the community using CAPITAL to UNLOCK IMPACT & FINANCIAL RETURNS.    👉 Join investors and solution-builders at the 2024 Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) Forum: https://lnkd.in/gcxReQtH   #RFSIForum24 #RFSIForum #4Weeks2Forum #foodsystems #farming #investment #impactinvesting #regenerativeagriculture #foodfinance

🌾 The Big Food Redesign Challenge is an inspiring initiative launched by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to transform the food industry. With support from WBCSD and One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B), the Challenge has provided design, promotion and training opportunities to foster ingredient innovation and drive crop diversification—a cornerstone of #RegenerativeAgriculture. By creating innovative products with diverse, plant-based ingredients, the private sector plays a crucial role in generating market demand for diverse crops and making crop diversification viable for farmers. 🚀 So far, the Challenge has seen impressive participation with 186 products from 71 organizations across 15 countries. The last Retail phase will involve bringing innovative products to the market. 📖 Read more about WBCSD's efforts to advance #CropDiversification:  https://lnkd.in/excNtBce #SustainableFood #Innovation #FoodSystemTransformation  Melanie Levine Ludmila Cmarkova

We're excited by the news of Jeff Bezos' $60 million commitment to alternative meat research through the Bezos Earth Fund. This significant investment underscores the growing recognition of cultivated meat as a sustainable and delicious solution to the environmental challenges associated with traditional meat production. At MeatAfora, we share the Bezos Earth Fund's dedication to advancing innovative cultivated meat technologies. We are committed to developing high-quality, nutritious, and cost-effective cultivated meat products that meet the evolving needs of consumers. This investment signifies a pivotal moment for the future of food. https://lnkd.in/egXhsVvX #cultivatedmeat  #innovation #foodtech #sustainability #cellculture #alternativeprotein #climatechange #cultivatedmeat #investments #future #foodsecurity #food #growth #environment #earth #foodsecurity #foodhabits #research #researchanddevelopment #labgrownmeat #climatechange #climateaction #future #foodcrisis #culturewars

Regenerative Food Systems Investment forum was a success! Recap and reflections: ⬇️ 👩🏻🌾 - We appreciate the farmer-first conversations. 🪱 - How do we make sure investment positively impacts soil health? 🫱🏽🫲🏻 - Importance of diverse collaborations that is farmer-led. 💰 - Farmer education about capital and the investing landscape. This is why we are building FARMpreneurs™. It's our mission to be the connective tissue that helps farms become more investable. We are building the networks and tools for farmers to grow their farm's impact and transform their local food systems. Farmers need to understand the investing landscape and feel comfortable seeking capital to expand their operations or innovate on their land. The FARMpreneurs™ strategic sprint is giving farmers those tools and connections. The proof is our alumni. Figure Ate was a sponsor at Regenerative Food Systems Investment. It was also founded by Jesse Smith, an alumnus of the 2020 cohort. Our program helped him develop and refine a strategy for launching a fully regenerative value-add product from White Buffalo Land Trust. It helped him develop a rubric for testing new product opportunities and creating a strategy and presentation for his organization's board and funders. We need catalytic funding partners to amplify this work nationwide. The capital is there, but we must ensure it positively impacts more farmers, results in a more resilient local food system, and improves soil health. Check out the comments on how you can help FARMpreneurs™ grow. Pictured are Dawnelise Regnery Rosen, executive director, and Mitch Hinrichs, communications director. #investing #food #farming #cpg #agriculture #regenerativeagriculture #climate

🌍 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 !☕ At Selecta, we believe sustainability goes beyond words - it's about action, commitment, and creating a lasting impact. The Selecta Coffee Fund is at the heart of this mission, empowering coffee farmers to improve their livelihoods while fostering sustainable practices. In our latest initiative, farmers received hands-on training on innovative techniques like 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴. This method not only ensures long-term productivity but also safeguards income during the transition. 𝗕𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. This isn’t just about coffee; it’s about partnerships, purpose, and empowering people to thrive. Together, we’re brewing a future that benefits everyone - from the coffee farms to your cup. 🎥 Watch our video to see how the Selecta Coffee Fund is transforming lives ⬇️ #SelectaCoffeeFund #Sustainability #Empowerment #CoffeeFarming #BrewingABetterFuture Andreas Fetscher Adrian Mourarach Marijn Wammes Hannen Benhammou Tanya Joustra Ulf Gustafsson Benjamin Nkurunziza