By Amalie Stoker, TIFS Research Intern Deep in Ecuador’s Amazon headwaters, the Sharamentsa Achuar community has spent generations stewarding roughly 10,000 hectares of rainforest—tracking jaguars, tending the land, and maintaining … Read More

By Amalie Stoker, TIFS’ Research Intern In a handful of watersheds across the country, a transaction most people have never heard of is keeping rivers cleaner than regulation alone ever … Read More

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What does it take to move regenerative agriculture from promising pilots to functioning systems at scale? And what becomes possible when producers, enterprises, investors, and communities are not simply participating, … Read More

Check out our new learning resource: the Regenerative Catalysts Platform  As global demand for sustainable and equitable food systems grows, regenerative agriculture is increasingly acknowledged for its potential to tackle … Read More

By David Bennell, Managing Director of Investor Relations

By Tina Owens, Regenerative Agriculture Systems and Investment

By Tim Crosby, TIFS Chair and Co-Founder

Executive Summary The global food system stands at a critical juncture. While venture capital chases “unicorn” returns in food delivery apps and other peripheral innovations, the fundamental infrastructure needed to … Read More

Investing in food systems involves allocating capital from public stock markets, private equity, venture capital, debt, philanthropy, and/or government finance into businesses, assets, or enablers that make up the food … Read More

What is Natural Capital Natural capital refers to the world’s stocks of natural assets including air, water, soil, minerals, and biodiversity on which the global economy depends and that enables … Read More

Since our launch in 2020, Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) advocates for financial and business innovations that benefit farmers and nature. Using a food systems approach, we support investments … Read More