Hi <<First Name>>,

Welcome to the May highlights!

We launched a new series! Over the next months we will be going deep into the tech needed to scale regenerative agriculture to a landscape scale! We just started the series so if you have any suggestions, feedback etc. please let us know! We kicked it off with an interview looking at how to monitor whole landscapes from space!

With the help of YouTube artist Irena Atkovska we are turning some of our summaries into animated short videos, ideal to share with friends and colleagues who are not listening to podcasts (yet) ;-)

Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who has been listening, sharing and participating in this journey!
Koen

Discover the Video Course Investing in regen food and ag!

A series of currently 17 short videos (10-15min) plus downloadable pdf slides with our lessons learned after recording over 100+ interviews with investors, fund managers, farmers, scientists since 2016, always asking the question:

"how to put money to work in regenerating soils at scale and growing a lot of tasty food while doing so?"

VIDEO COURSE INVESTING IN REGEN FOOD AND AG

From a London city private bank to the biggest regenerative farm in the UK
Interview with Paul Pizzala, New Foundation Farms

Topic: How a London city private banker took a permaculture course and now applies his finance knowledge to build the biggest regenerative farm of the UK.

My thoughts:
Another great episode of our New Foundation Farms series: this time we unpack fundraising for a regenerative enterprise and how a purpose lock exactly works in practise. We need more people with experience in finance to become active in regeneration!

Listen to the conversation with Paul

How to monitor whole landscapes and watersheds from space
Interview with Anastasia Volkova, Regrow

LANDSCAPE TECH SERIES!
Topic:
Can we monitor the farming approaches of the whole midwest United States and see where regenerative agriculture is spreading faster or slower and what we can we do something about it? Regrow combines the industry leading expertise of FluroSat and Dagan to drive resilient agriculture adoption across the supply chain.

My thoughts:
Super interesting! I find fascinating how technology is and could be applied to really scale regenerative agriculture to manage whole landscapes. Super ambitious, yes, needed? Absolutely. Time to explore the intersection of tech and regeneration much deeper!

Listen to the conversation with Anastasia

Conversation with Dimitri Tsitos, Matteo Mazzola and Koen van Seijen on agroforestry, agroecology and the role of finance

Topic: An informal conversation with Koen, Matteo Mazzola, farmer and consultant, specialised in agro-ecological systems and founder of Az.Agr. ISIDE on the Iseo Lake in Northern Italy and Dimitri Tsitos, one of the hosts of The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast and founder of Mazi Farm.

My thoughts:
So much fun to record in person and have the chance to hang out with Matteo and Dimitri! Enjoy this chat we had on the farm!

Listen to the conversation with Dimitri, Matteo and Koen

The first investments of Mag Ag’s $10 million fund
Interview with Phil Taylor and Brandon Welch, Perennial Fund and MAD Agriculture

Topic:
Phil Taylor and Brandon Welch just closed their fund of $10 million and the first four loans are out of the door, with many more to come. We discuss in this episode what they have learned about skin-in-the-game transition finance and partnering with farmers. We dive deep into the financial aspects of agriculture, with focus on the progress of investors and farmers.

My thoughts:
Always an enormous pleasure to check in with Phil and Brandon. What they are building is awesome and I feel privileged to be following them!

Listen to the interview with Phil and Brandon

Soil Builders, regenerative agroforestry on Hawaii and soil carbon credits in Australia

Topic:
What regenerative agriculture looks like with bread fruit in Hawaii. It is super interesting how Dana and her team are building a crucial puzzle piece of the regenerative future of Hawaii. We also hear more from Bert Glover of Impact Ag Partners, about the deal of Microsoft with an Australian rancher to purchase many soil carbon credits. Bert Glover, who has been on the podcast a few times, shares more on their part in the deal.