Agriculture Capital Welcomes New Partner, Ben Vitale, to Advance Regenerative Agriculture Initiatives

Portland, OR, October 22, 2024 – Agriculture Capital (AC), a global leader in regenerative agriculture investments, is thrilled to announce the addition of Benjamin Vitale as a new Partner. Ben officially joins the team with over three decades of executive and investment management experience in the carbon and environmental commodities markets, agriculture, infrastructure and water sectors. AC’s team, with Ben’s carbon expertise, is poised to help corporations meet their net-zero goals by integrating carbon removals and emission reductions generated by AC’s agriculture platform including our support to an expanding base of grower-partners.

Ben Vitale is known for his pioneering efforts leveraging capital markets to accelerate sustainable climate solutions including carbon and low carbon fuels markets to decarbonize supply chains. Demonstrating a steadfast commitment to integrity, Ben has earned the trust of recognized institutional investors, successfully raising and investing over $400 million of equity in the past decade. In his role, Ben will lead the scale-up of institutional grade carbon removals and emission reductions, a critical component of AC’s strategy to reduce carbon footprints and enhance ecosystem resilience expanding on AC’s experience as a long-term owner/operator.

"Ben brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in areas directly aligned with our core mission at Agriculture Capital," said Rob Hurlbut , Managing Director of Agriculture Capital. "His expertise will be invaluable as we continue to scale our efforts in making food production more regenerative, improving soil health, enhancing biodiversity, and effectively using every part of our farmland to combat climate change."

Throughout his career, Ben has focused on growing businesses whose value creation strategies were based on sustainability-centric business models. “Ben’s passion for climate mitigation and resilience, when directed at the regenerative agriculture opportunity, will help generate economic value for AC and our grower-partners while decarbonizing points along the supply chain,” said Brooke Randall , Principal of Agriculture Capital. “Only a few exceptional people have deeply integrated climate considerations into business operations to drive financial returns and sustainability outcomes like Ben.”?

"I am incredibly excited to join Agriculture Capital, an organization that can generate climate dividends based on the carbon removal services that agriculture provides while feeding the world," said Ben Vitale. Most recently, Ben has served as CEO and Operating Partner at Resilient Infrastructure Group (acquired by Partners Group) and as Principal at Equilibrium Capital Group where he began working with the AC team a decade ago.

About Agriculture Capital

Agriculture Capital empowers its stakeholders to invest sustainably with the goal of profitably, in the transformation of the world’s food and agriculture systems. Since 2014, the firm has managed significant farm and food assets across two continents, focusing on investments that regenerate resources to build long-term value. Agriculture Capital’s data-driven strategies support biodiversity, foster ecosystem resilience, and produce healthy, nutritious food in a way that respects the natural environment.