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
Pricing In Resilience: The Future of Financial Services for Soil Health
The October 2026 white paper, “Pricing In Resilience: The Future of Financial Services for Soil Health,” is a joint publication by Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS), Triangle Digital, and … Read More
The Quiet Marketplace: What Nutrient Trading Tells Us About the Future of Ecosystem-Service Markets
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
MDARD Invests in Next Generation Crop Insurance Pilot for Michigan Farmers
Find the full press release on the MDARD website here.
Resources: Economic Benefits of Soil Health Practices
The following resources provide evidence-based research connecting soil health and conservation practices to farm profitability, drawn from federal, academic, and industry sources. We are grateful to our colleagues at Land … Read More
Cerrado das Águas: Building Water Resilience for Territorial Regeneration in Brazil’s Coffee Heartland
Context: A Biome Under Pressure The Cerrado — Brazil’s vast tropical savanna and one of the world’s most biodiverse biomes — is also the country’s agricultural engine. It is the … Read More
Projeto Amana: Agroforestry, Community, and the Art of Orchestration in the Amazon
Context: A Forest Under Pressure The Lower Tocantins region of Pará, in the eastern Amazon, is a landscape of extraordinary ecological richness and deep social complexity. Its communities have harvested … Read More
Gaia Legado: From Degraded Land to Generational Home — How a Community-Led Vision Is Redefining Regeneration in Brazil
Context: A Country, A Movement, A Donated Farm Brazil ranks among the most unequal countries in the world in terms of land distribution. More than 145,000 families are landless nationwide, … Read More
Regenerative Catalysts: A Conversation Series on Building Investable Ecosystems
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
Regenerative Catalysts: Unlocking the Missing Middle of Food Systems Finance
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
Resilience in Agriculture Lending & Insurance Coalition
The October 2025 report (updated July 2026), “Resilience in Agriculture Lending & Insurance Coalition (RALIC),” introduces a multi-year initiative by Transformational Investing in Food Systems (TIFS) to address critical “Missing … Read More
Natural Capital and Investing in Food Systems Transformation
The report, “Natural Capital and Investing in Food Systems Transformation,” explores the critical shift of natural capital from a peripheral environmental issue to a central strategic concern for global investors … Read More