Category: Short Food Webs

Introducing Transition Finance with Benedikt and Koen

18th December 2019 koenvanseijen Investor Stories, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs, Transition finance 1 Comment

Koen van Seijen and Benedikt Bösel are the co-hosts of this special series dedicated to Transition Finance in regenerative agriculture and food.
In this series Koen is joined by Benedikt Bösel, owner of the Gut&Bösel farm (http://www.gutundboesel.org) and former Venture Capitalist with a focus on environmental technologies and AgTech startups. Follow them on their journey to find out what are the key principles of transition finance for regenerative farmers.

Matteo Mazzola, the potential and opportunity of regenerative agriculture in Italy

28th November 2019 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Farmers First Tech, Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture, Role of Animals, Short Food Webs 1 Comment

Matteo Mazzola, regenerative farmer and owner, together with his partner Paola Archetti, is running the Iside Farm in Sulzano, on the Iseo Lake.

Phil Graves on how Patagonia is investing its $75 million fund into regenerative agriculture

29th October 2019 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Investor Stories, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 10 Comments

Why regenerative ORGANIC certification is key for the future of agriculture? The answer in the interview with Phil Graves, head of Patagonia’s venture fund Tin Shed Ventures.

Greg Shewmaker – There are hardly any nutrients in the food we eat

15th October 2019 koenvanseijen Farmers First Tech, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 3 Comments

Greg Shewmaker is TeakOrigin co-founder. TeakOrigin is a Boston-based data analytics company building the common language of food

Mary Jane Melendez on leading the regen ag efforts of General Mills, a $15 billion food giant

6th August 2019 koenvanseijen Ecosystem Services Payments, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs, Transition finance 1 Comment

An interview with Mary Jane Melendez, VP, Chief Sustainability & Social Impact Officer at General Mills.

John Kempf – Forget about soil, Focus on plant health instead

29th July 2019 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 4 Comments

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.

Dan Kittredge – Making farmers focus on nutrient dense food

29th May 2019 koenvanseijen Ecosystem Services Payments, Farmers First Tech, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 9 Comments

An interview with Dan Kittredge, of the Bio Nutrient Food association on how to let farmers focus on nutrient dense food.

Ruud Zanders, the revolutionary poultry farmer about the role of animals in feeding the world

23rd April 2019 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture, Role of Animals, Short Food Webs 0 Comments

An interview with Ruud Zanders of Kipster, diving deep into the question: What is the role of animals in the food system of the future (if any)?

Victor Friedberg, 30m available for food moonshots

10th November 2018 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 2 Comments

Victor Friedberg is co-founder of FoodShot Global (www.foodshot.org) a platform catalysing food system innovation. FoodShot is an ecosystem of world-class, mission aligned venture funds, banks, corporate strategic investors, and foundations that provide equity, debt, non-dilutive capital, and industry resources.

Dirk Aleven – Can investing in soil less, greenhouses in Ukraine be regenerative?

21st September 2018 koenvanseijen Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 0 Comments

Dirk Aleven, founder of FoodVentures, a company leveraging the knowledge of the high tech green house industry in the Netherlands and bringing it do countries where like Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Malaysia etc. the middle class is demanding fresh, sustainable vegetables in their local supermarkets.