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.
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.
Understanding social impact is critically important to operational success and investor returns. In this article, Equilibrium summarizes its thinking around reporting on the human aspect of the firm’s Sustainability Framework 2.1.
Episode 35 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features an interview with Nick Houshower of private equity firm Equilibrium, a major investor in the greenhouse produce space, including with Little Leaf Farms, Revol Greens, AppHarvest and Houwelings.
Sustainable finance has officially gone mainstream. As of 2019, $30.7 trillion is held in sustainable or green funds, representing a third of all assets under management. And the share is growing quickly, with many funds reporting record flows into sustainable investment products during the first half of 2020.