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In case you missed our 3rd quarter round-up of regenerative ag & food investment activity, here are some highlights: ?? 5 New Finance Vehicles Launched in Q3: Check them out - Terra Regenerative Capital, Canopy Farm Management, The Land Group and more! ?? By theme: investments into food companies and brands led the number of deals for the first time in 2024 ?? Signs of Momentum: 5 deals this quarter had some kind of processing or infrastructure component to them – a welcome sign that investors are recognizing the importance of this piece of the supply system and starting to allocate capital to it. ?? Emerging Theme #1: We tracked three investments that showed the important and growing role investment in regenerative ocean-based systems can play ?? Check out all the details! Regenerative Food Systems Investment #regenerativeagriculture #foodsystems #foodfinance #investment

What do you believe CPG's role is in scaling regenerative agriculture? We would love to hear from you! Thank you Scott Leonard for this fantastic piece!

If you are a #sustainable business leader, #CPG brand executive, an impact #investor or an advocate for scaling climate change through agricultural food systems, you need to read this as to how your peers are solving our challenges... #OSC Fund presents: CPG’s Role in Scaling the Regenerative Market by Scott Leonard “The growing need to address?the pressing challenges?of climate change, soil degradation, and biodiversity?loss has given rise to #regenerative agriculture?– a farming?approach focused on restoring soil and ecosystems?while enhancing nutrient density and agricultural?productivity.”

If you are a #sustainable business leader, #CPG brand executive, an impact #investor or an advocate for scaling climate change through agricultural food systems, you need to read this as to how your peers are solving our challenges... #OSC Fund presents: CPG’s Role in Scaling the Regenerative Market by Scott Leonard “The growing need to address?the pressing challenges?of climate change, soil degradation, and biodiversity?loss has given rise to #regenerative agriculture?– a farming?approach focused on restoring soil and ecosystems?while enhancing nutrient density and agricultural?productivity.”

This National Upcycling Day we want to celebrate one Regenerative Organic Certified? operation who makes upcycling a key focus in their operation. Harmless Harvest, one of the few Regenerative Organic Certified? coconut water brands on the market, doesn’t use just one portion of the coconut for their products, they utilize every bit of it, resulting in a zero waste circular operation! ??Harmless Harvest uses nearly 100,000,000 coconuts to make their products! After the juice of the young coconuts is harvested for their coveted coconut water, they are left with over 267,000,000 lbs of coconut husk and meat. ??Instead of wasting it, Harmless Harvest puts the leftovers to great use: 37.9% of the material is sent off for meat extraction to be used to make their nutrient-packed smoothie and pulp products, and nearly all the rest (62.1%) is sent off for fiber extraction! ??Where does the small amount of remaining material that isn't for food or fiber end up? What could be a better destiny for that 'waste' material than COMPOST to feed the soil and start the process all over again. ?? This upcycling day, and everyday, we commend Harmless Harvest as they #FarmLikeTheWorldDependsOnIt!

"For most people interested in investment opportunities that offer a more holistic return, regenerative finance provides a path forward." In a new piece in Impact Entrepreneur, RSF CEO Jasper van Brakel shares a vision for a more regenerative form of finance, and examples from the RSF portfolio and beyond. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eTawFSpz

Sponsorship Opportunity: We're gearing up for Ripple Fest 2024 and are seeking aligned partners to elevate this unique event! Activate the Power of Partnership - join OSC as a sponsor and leverage your impact at our most anticipated annual gathering. What is Ripple Fest?? A signature One Step Closer event, Ripple Fest is an invite-only convening of brilliant leaders and disruptive companies in natural products. With action-oriented and immersive breakout sessions, impactful networking opportunities, and spontaneous fun, this is not your average leadership conference. Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to: - Join this invite-only gathering - Elevate your organization's impact - Make lasting connections with the One Step Closer community Learn more about sponsorship opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/eSdDbvyw Explore the 2023 event recap here: https://lnkd.in/eH8SDj4U Lara Jackle Dickinson Sarah Shaw Sarah Rohr, PhD. Eliza Brady #community #events #naturalproducts #leadership #cpg #sustainability #impact #sponsorship

Some VERY tasty news heading into the weekend... We're partnering with Deschutes Brewery to bring the award-winning Kernza Lager and a new Non-Alcoholic Kernza Golden Brew (the first USDA Organic NA beer) to all 50 states! Both are brewed with Regenerative Organic Certified and organic ingredients, like Kernza, that not only improve soil health and sequester carbon, but taste incredible. These wildly drinkable brews will be hitting shelves across the country this September. I couldn't be more excited and proud to work with such incredible Patagonia Provisions teammates and brewery + ingredient partners to bring this initiative to life. Cheers!

Christopher Marquis nails it in his excellent new book The Profiteers. If you're short on time - here is a 4 minute video that makes a beautiful case for why all business can and should be #regenerative. RSF Social Finance #regenerativefinance #regeneration #theprofiteers https://lnkd.in/gBZsUSqf

Regeneration is not just about land, it’s also about protecting and healing our watersheds,?and?right now we have an opportunity to make regeneration a bigger part of U.S. policy, for the benefit of land and sea, and everything in between. Kiss the Ground’s campaign to Regenerate America is a bipartisan coalition of farmers, businesses, nonprofits, and citizens working together to transform the Farm Bill, which?is up for renewal, and the next version of this bill will determine federal farming funds for the next 5-7 years. If the government understands the economic and ecological importance of supporting regenerative agriculture, farming can become a tool for climate healing. Click the link below to read more and?sign the petition and show your support for a Farm Bill that can help heal land AND sea! https://lnkd.in/g3rxzseY The Oxygen Project ??