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The agricultural value chain is a vast landscape extending far beyond the farm. Understanding where economic value lies within this chain is crucial to navigating shifting market dynamics. While supporting farmers remains essential, significant opportunities for innovation lie within other dominant food industries with the potential sustainability at scale. To understand this value distribution, we […]
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Farmers are at the frontlines of climate change, managing unpredictable weather, rising input costs, and soil degradation. Regenerative agriculture offers a compelling solution—one that enhances soil health, sequesters carbon, and builds resilience. Regenerative agriculture is a philosophy of working with nature rather than against it to restore degraded soils and ecosystems by employing practices such […]
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Starting in 2021, 144 banks worldwide signed a collective commitment to align their lending and investment portfolios, worth over $74T USD, with net-zero emissions by 20501. Three short years later, 11 major banks in the US and Canada have pulled out. How does this exodus impact climate action progress? Citing political and regulatory pressure, which […]
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Meet Harvest Intelligence, a plucky (fictional) Series B startup founded by Ava and Zack. Their mission? To empower farmers to maximize productivity using data-driven solutions. Harvest Intelligence recently decided to become net zero by 2030. We’re joining Ava and Zack on their climate action journey and demystifying some key terms along the way. The Net […]
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Adventures from a year around the world. In January 2019 my partner and I quit our jobs, sold our furniture and left Canada with just a bag on our backs. Our dream was to explore the beauty of our planet and experience first-hand what life is like for people in other countries. Our 12 month […]
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It’s been two years since I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of venture capital and it’s been an amazing adventure so far. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had, from meeting incredible entrepreneurs making their ambitious vision come to life, to getting a behind-the-scenes look at strategy; negotiation; and decision making, to joining […]