Koen van Seijen

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food

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Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast features the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.

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Koen van Seijen

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63 Joelle Faulkner, why a $250M Canadian farmland investor entered regen ag 12.11.2019 23:51

In this podcast I talk with Joelle Faulkner, president and CEO of Area One Farms, an alternative asset management firm that she co-founded in 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our work...

10 min with Judith D Schwartz on what is possible with soil 05.11.2019 10:08

A short summary of the interview with Judith D. Schwarz, a journalist whose recent work looks at soil as a hub for multiple environmental, economic and social challenges-and solutions. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginreg...

62 Phil Graves, how Patagonia is investing its $75 million fund into regenerative agriculture 29.10.2019 28:28

Why regenerative ORGANIC certification is key for the future of agriculture? In this podcast I talk with Phil Graves, head of Patagonia's venture fund Tin Shed Ventures. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Oth...

10min with Tony Lovell, how the $ 100M SLM fund handled the six driest years on record 22.10.2019 10:26

The short summary of the check-in interview with Tony Lovell, co-founder and CEO of SLM Partners an asset manager that acquires and manages rural land on behalf of institutional investors, to scale up regenerative, ecological farming and forestry systems. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community...

61 Greg Shewmaker, there are hardly any nutrients in the food we eat 15.10.2019 50:19

Join me in this interview with Greg Shewmaker, where we take a deep dive into nutrient density of food and how it is becoming possible to assess this on the spot (for example if your apple is full of nutrients or just a sugar bomb). ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers an...

Soil Wealth: growing opportunities to allocate capital to regenerative food systems 08.10.2019 15:57

In this short podcast, recorded at the Regenerative Food Systems Investment(RFSI) forum that took place in Oakland on Sep 30 - Oct 1, I interviewed David LeZaks, Delta Institute, and Joshua Humphreys, Croatan Institute. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits he...

Regeneration Newsroom Podcast Oct 2019 ft Ethan Soloviev @ RFSI 04.10.2019 12:42

In this special episode of the Regeneration Newsroom podcast Ethan Soloviev and I share our highlights of the Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) forum that took place in Oakland on Sep 30 - Oct 1. We thought nutrients had a big stage at the forum, while one of the elements missing was biodiversity. The role of farmers in the transition to a regenerative agriculture will be fundamental. So...

60 Geert van der Veer, how Herenboeren is scaling community owned farms in Europe 01.10.2019 31:02

This is a check in interview with Geert van der Veer, co-founder of Herenboeren, a movement to build a thousand community owned regenerative farms in Europe. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to suppor...

10 min with Aymeric Jung and Josep Segarra, from Lehman Brothers to rebuilding the food system 24.09.2019 10:24

A short summary of the conversation with Aymeric Jung and Josep Segarra of Quadia Capital, using flexible loans to invest over 10M into regenerative food and agriculture companies in Europe. Full interview, links and show notes on www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2018/03/24/aymeric-jung-josep-segarra . ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in R...

59 Isabella Tree, rewilding a 3,500 acre British farm that was never profitable before 17.09.2019 52:41

An interview with Isabella Tree, author of the book Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star rating -...

Paul Woebkenberg, Ecosia's 500K flex finance fund for regen ag 13.09.2019 14:09

A short conversation Paul Woebkenberg leading the Ecosia's regen ag investments about their € 500K finance fund for regenerative agriculture. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our work:...

10 min with Sean Kidney, the $100 trillion bond market everyone in regen ag should know about 10.09.2019 10:26

A short summary of the interview with Sean Kidney, CEO and co-founder of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is an international, investor-focused not-for-profit, the only organisation working solely on mobilising the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions. Listen to the full interview here www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2019/07/10/sean-kidney . ----------------------------...

58 Bert Glover, investing in agtech to build soil at scale 03.09.2019 37:15

An interview about agtech for building soils and how that is absolutely crucial if we want to do regen ag at scale. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5...

Sarah Day Levesque, gathering many pioneers at the Regenerative Food System Investment Forum 27.08.2019 11:11

A short conversation with Sarah Day Levesque, Director of Events and Media of Acres USA and The Regenerative Food System Investment Forum that will be held in Oakland next Sept 30th - Oct 1st. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investi...

57 Tony Lovell, how the $ 100M SLM fund handled the six driest years on record 20.08.2019 37:08

A check-in interview with Tony Lovell, co-founder and CEO of SLM Partners an asset manager that acquires and manages rural land on behalf of institutional investors, to scale up regenerative, ecological farming and forestry systems. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers an...

10 min with Paul Chatterton, WWF's Finance Lab working on landscapes of 1M hectares 13.08.2019 10:58

A summary of the interview with Paul Chatterton, co-founder of the Landscape Finance Lab an experimental unit inside the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). They incubate sustainable landscapes, structure, launch and fund deals at landscape scale. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the ti...

56 Mary Jane Melendez, Leading the regen ag efforts of General Mills, a $15 billion food giant 06.08.2019 36:32

An interview with Mary Jane Melendez, VP, Chief Sustainability & Social Impact Officer at General Mills. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our work: - Share the podcast - Give a 5-star r...

55 John Kempf, Forget about soil, Focus on plant health instead 27.07.2019 49:01

John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a plant nutrition and biostimulants consulting company, and a top expert in the field of biological and regenerative farming. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag...

5min short clip with John Kempf 23.07.2019 5:27

A short clip of the interview with John Kempf, founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a plant nutrition and biostimulants consulting company, and a top expert in the field of biological and regenerative farming. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.g...

Angela Karp, £3.5 million climate change fund established to shake the agri-food sector 22.07.2019 17:24

The SHAKE Climate Change programme of Rothamsted Research and partners will fund and train entrepreneurs and start-ups who have early stage science or tech-based solutions and aiming to have a significant impact on the emissions of the agri-food sector. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community,...

Andrew Voysey, Why the EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Finance matters to all regen investors? 19.07.2019 16:24

A short interview with Andrew Voysey, Head of Business and Government Solutions at Soil Capital. We spoke about the EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Finance. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Other ways to support our...

Brandon Welch, Perennial fund, investing and profit sharing to get farmers to organic and beyond 12.07.2019 18:40

Transition finance is key to help many more farmers and growers start the transition to organic and regenerative. The Perennial Fund is going to experiment with a new concept! ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregenag . Ot...

54 Sean Kidney, the $100 trillion bond market everyone in regenerative ag and food should know about 09.07.2019 44:03

Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) is an international, investor-focused not-for-profit, the only organisation working solely on mobilising the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions. A new podcast with Sean Kidney, CEO and co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Fo...

Nicolas Verschuere, Soil Capital, Regen Ag profitable from year 1 - Groundswell Shorts 03.07.2019 11:26

After Nicolas Verschuere's panel at Groundswell on "How regenerating soil health can improve farm profitability from year one", we dive a bit deeper into the start of the regenerative transition. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.g...

12 min with Dan Kittredge, making farmers focus on nutrient dense food 02.07.2019 11:29

Food as medicine?! What if we could change agriculture measuring the nutrient density of food on the spot? With Bio Nutrient Meter consumers can test the quality of food in real time. ---------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food. Join our Gumroad community, discover the tiers and benefits here: www.gumroad.com/investinginregen...