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Cash flows and rivers flow

The Washington Farmland Trust, which crafted the Conservation Note, provided this image. 

Good Crops, Good Credit: How a Northwest Land Trust Sustains Farmland With Capital

Katie Michels
November 20, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Habitat
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Philanthropy
How does a farmer with no desire to keep growing crops become a catalyst for financial value and land preservation? The Washington Farmland Trust worked with a farmer at the end of his career to craft a financial package that would keep his land from developers, sustain ecosystem services, and...

Beyond Easements: Broader Approaches for Greater Conservation Outcomes

Michele Haynes
August 24, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Impact Investing
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
Easements unlock value for landowners and preserve land for everyone else. With challenges to our ecosystem and economy coming faster and from more directions, conservation leaders need tools that apply more quickly or in quirkier situations. This toolkit looks over a range of techniques that extend conservation to situations where...
Markets for a range of grains can grow widely and quickly

Businesses big and small can drive growth for regenerative growth across a range of crops. 

Show Me the Money: Making a Downstream Market for Diverse Regenerative Crops

Claire Huntley Lafave, Cortney Ahern Renton, Katie Sierks
April 16, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Land Conservation
  • Impact Investing
  • Climate
In the words of the great agricultural philosopher Liza Minnelli, “Money makes the world go round.” Most stakeholders RAI interviewed across agricultural supply chains, especially farmers, want to grow crops and raise livestock in a sustainable way. Yet this desire to minimize environmental harm is not feasible if it creates...
Is this the way to crop reform?

(Photo courtesy of Pexels.com) Farmers can deliver steeper returns to themselves, their ecosystem, and their economy when their insurance system makes more sense. 

The Case for Crop Insurance Reform

Cortney Ahern Renton, Claire Huntley Lafave, Katie Sierks
April 08, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Public Policy
  • Habitat
Across the political spectrum, most Americans have favorable opinions of farmers and are happy with the idea that the federal government provides financial assistance to help pay for crop insurance. If they knew crop insurance's full cost, that might change. This system, while well-intentioned, leaves out the majority of farmers...
Regenerative agriculture begins here

How deeply can regenerative farming affect the way societies value farming- and farmers build value? (Photo courtesy of Lukas via Pexels.) 

The State of Regenerative Agriculture: Growing With Room to Grow More

Cortney Ahern Renton, Claire Huntley Lafave, Kathryn Sierks
March 24, 2020
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Land Conservation
  • Public Policy
This article, by The Regenerative Agriculture Initiative (RAI) team at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), is the first in a series on key opportunities to accelerate regenerative agriculture in the United States. At today’s rate of soil degradation, some scientists predict the world’s topsoil could be...
Delaware farm

Farm in Georgetown, Delaware / Michele Dorsey Walfred / CC BY-SA 2.0

Revolving Water Fund Pilots PFS Approach for Water Quality Improvements

Allegra Wrocklage
August 28, 2019
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Fresh Water
  • Cities
The traditional water fund model, which has been used around the world, pools philanthropic and donor capital to support upstream restorations. The Revolving Water Fund innovates on this model by also aiming to quantify the pollution reductions from these restoration activities, then packaging and selling the reductions to municipalities in...
Soy farm in Brazil

Soy farm in Brazil / Michael Swan / CC BY-ND 2.0

How Guaranteed Offtake Can Drive Sustainable Agriculture

Marisa Repka
July 24, 2019
  • Topics:
  • Forest
  • Agriculture
As food companies look to lower supply chain risk and reduce their ecological footprint, new strategies are emerging to increase adoption of sustainability practices among farmers. Several companies have begun using long-term contracts — purchase agreements guaranteeing offtake beyond an annual time horizon — to stabilize costs and allow both...
Lettuce crops in California

Lettuce crops in California / Malcolm Carlaw / CC BY 2.0

New Collaborative Looks to Make Market-Rate Investments with Conservation Impact

Vincent Caruso
May 17, 2019
  • Topics:
  • Agriculture
  • Impact Investing
Impact Capital Managers (ICM), a network of impact-focused venture capital and private equity funds, is out to disprove the notion that investing for impact requires sacrificing financial return. On the contrary, ICM members aim to match or exceed the overall performance of the market, and they believe social and environmental...

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