Resources to inform your regenerative agriculture and food investing journey.
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NEW! Regenerative Ag & Food Investments: A Landscape Update (2025)
Produced by Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI)
Since 2019, Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) has been tracking investment activity in this rapidly evolving space. By understanding what’s been accomplished and where momentum is building, we can better position capital to meet this moment. This report provides a snapshot of regenerative agriculture investing in 2024 and 2025 so far. In easy-to-digest report, you’ll find 1.) Key trends and strategic takeaways shaping the field, 2.) Thematic insights from across the agri-food value chain, and 3. Considerations for investors and key stakeholders looking ahead.
Sustainable Food and Agriculture: Investment Deep Dive (2024)
Produced by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, written by Hayley Mole and Thomas Slattery
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is building a thematic-led investment strategy to explore how it might integrate Esmée’s strategy across its spectrum of capital. To help do this, the foundation commissioned a series of ‘deep dive’ reports to explore investment opportunities for impact investing, which is impact-driven to support our mission and our main investment portfolio. The first explores the theme of sustainable food and agriculture.
Financing for Regenerative Agriculture (2024)
Produced by Rockefeller Foundation, Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS), & Pollination
The Financing for Regenerative Agriculture report sheds light on how investors are beginning to drive the transition to a more resilient global agrifood supply chain.
Investing in Regenerative Agriculture: Reflections from the Past Decade (2024)
Produced by SLM Partners
This paper sets out the investment and environmental case for regenerative agriculture, while also highlighting the risks and challenges. It is an update to an influential white paper that we first published in 2016. It draws on the latest research, as well as SLM Partners’ experience making investments in this theme for more than a decade.
How to Invest in Sustainable and Regenerative Food and Agriculture (2023)
Produced by CapShift
This primer provides a framework to help families assess their impact goals, a review of investable food and agriculture solutions, and our best thinking on incorporating food and agriculture investments into your efforts.
Financing the Transition to Regenerative Agriculture in the EU (2022)
Produced by Clarmondial
This report describes some of the challenges and opportunities for financing regenerative agriculture in the EU, the opportunities for blended and results based financing structures, and potential modalities for private sector support to be mobilized, including for climate, biodiversity, soil, and water health.
Impact Investing in Sustainable Food and Agriculture Across Asset Classes (2022)
Produced by Croatan Institute
This paper provides a framework for impact investors as they consider how to invest in issues related to food and agriculture across asset classes, including public equities, fixed income, venture capital, and real assets. By identifying these opportunities for investment, investors can maximize the potential for positive impact and portfolio returns.
Unlocking Investments In Regenerative Agriculture (2021)
Produced by CREO
To support growing investor interest in regenerative agriculture and to further pave the pathway for larger institutional follow-on capital, CREO has spoken to more than 85 investors, companies, and other actors to determine and describe five major “white space opportunities” to deploy capital.
Barriers For Farmers & Ranchers To Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices In The US (2020)
Produced by Guidelight Strategies
Based on many in depth interviews, this report takes a detailed look at what barriers stand in the way of adoption of regenerative farming and ranching and how diverse stakeholders can play a role in addressing these.
Soil Wealth: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture Across Asset Classes (2019)
Produced by Delta Institute, Croatan Institute, and the Organic Agriculture Revitalization Strategy (OARS)
In order to advance the potential that regenerative agriculture presents in mitigating climate change, improving soil health, and building community resilience, significant capital needs to be deployed on farms, as well as across value chains. This report aims to quantify the current investment landscape surrounding regenerative agriculture and cultivate understanding of how investors can allocate investments across asset classes to further these efforts.
The Investment Case for Ecological Farming (2016)
Produced by Paul McMahon, SLM Partners
This paper explains why ecological and regenerative farming systems provide an attractive investment opportunity. It is intended for institutional investors, family offices and investment managers with an interest in real assets and/or impact investing.
Podcast: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture
This podcast features interviews with diverse players working to advance regenerative agriculture through increased investment.
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