Greenhouses for lettuce and leafy greens are being built at a rapid pace across the U.S. In contrast, in neighboring Mexico there is no similar greenhouse production and in Canada there is very little — the primary exception being 11-acre Whole Leaf Farms located in Coaldale, Alberta.
Listen to the new podcast that we did with Godfried Dol! He is the founder of Glasshouse Consultancy and has been able to give us all the information we need to grow in this new age of farming.
This video promotes the book; “How to Grow in a ModulAir Glasshouse”, by Godfried Dol. The video explains more about the writer and why the book was written. The book can be purchased online through the website glasshouse-consultancy.com
Financing arrangement demonstrates ESG-focused, controlled environment agriculture expert Equilibrium Capital’s ongoing support for AppHarvest’s development plan for 12 high-tech indoor farms by end of 2025.
The C$119bn pension formally added agriculture in 2019 to a historically timber focused portfolio, which was rebranded as ‘renewable resources.’
FutureProof, a financial technology firm that enables companies to understand, quantify, and prepare for the financial impacts of climate change today announced its partnership with Equilibrium Capital Group, a leading global sustainability-driven asset management firm.
“There have been boom periods in controlled agriculture, in high tech greenhouses. But even the Dutch industry now realizes something different is happening right now,” says David Chen, CEO with Equilibrium. Today, the company closes the industry’s largest Environment Agriculture fund at $1.022 billion.
The heat wave made the case more starkly than could any investment pitch deck.
In their offices in Portland, the team at Equilibrium Capital was putting the finishing touches on the real assets manager’s second greenhouse agriculture fund just as the temperature in the Oregon city hit a record-shattering 116 degrees. The Controlled Environment Foods Fund II is itself a record-breaker as Equilibrium’s first billion-dollar fund.
It’s a lot of green to grow a lot of greens — and other fruits and vegetables. Portland-based Equilibrium Capital has raised more than $1 billion to invest in a new generation of greenhouse-based agriculture, which advocates say better addresses climate change and other environmental problems tied up with traditional farming.
It is difficult not to take note of the amount of investment capital flowing into private greenhouse vegetable and vertical farming operations these days. Why is this a trendy investment area, and what opportunities do investors see in these markets?