Functional foods are foods that have been shown to have additional health benefits beyond basic nutrition. A functional food can include minimally processed, whole foods along with fortified, enriched or enhanced foods. Generally, these foods have a potentially beneficial effect on health when consumed on a regular basis and at certain levels. They also contain bioactive compounds that can help prevent or manage chronic diseases.
Read moreHow Biodiverse Soil Can Diversify Your Portfolio
Integrity of the land is a vital aspect of agriculture. Farmers and ranchers strive to ensure the longevity of their resources. Oftentimes, this means helping restore soil ecosystems or making repairs to a disturbed landscape. This is where revegetation comes in. A regenerative practice, revegetation is used throughout areas that have seen damage due to urbanization, invasive weed species, mining, or other degradation like drought, flooding, or erosion. Revegetation is bringing biodiversity back to native soils, and here’s how it can also bring diversity to your portfolio.
Read more4 Reasons to Invest in Regenerative Agriculture
As agriculturalists and scientists seek solutions to the growing demand for sustainable agriculture products, many look to regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is a practice that involves enhancing the natural resource base and environment, while still producing sufficient amounts of high-quality food and being financially viable and safe for farmers and their communities. Regenerative cropping and farming practices aim to rebuild organic soil matter, resulting in a variety of environmental benefits, including improved soil biodiversity and reduced climate change. Regenerative agriculture also improves the sanitation of water and has proved to be a financially sound practice for farmers worldwide. The closed-loop system is thought to reduce humans’ impact on the environment and reverse damage.
Read more3 Reasons Indoor Farming Is The Future of Agriculture
World hunger and food security remain pressing issues in today's society. With a diminishing amount of farmable land and an increase in global population, indoor agriculture can help with the challenges that lie ahead. Indoor agriculture will play a key role in meeting the need for more food, and the technologies these facilities adopt will open up a wealth of capabilities, jobs, and alternative investment opportunities that redesign both urban and agricultural landscapes.
Read moreHelp Feed the World: Impact Investing in Agriculture
Impact investing has become increasingly popular within the last decade. The growing impact investment market provides capital to address and help find a solution for the world’s most pressing challenges in sectors such as sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, conservation, microfinance, and affordable and accessible basic services including housing, healthcare, and education. These investments tackle global challenges that were previously supported by philanthropic donations, which are still important, but missing a monetary return component. Impact investing offers diverse and viable opportunities for investors to advance social and environmental solutions through investments that also produce financial returns.
Read moreHow to Invest Like a Family Office
The ultra-rich don't invest like other Americans. They don't cost-dollar average into subpar mutual funds they were forced into by their company's 401k plan. They don't get a hot stock tip from their hair dresser. People with a net worth of 8, 9, or more digits utilize family offices to preserve and grow wealth for the next generation. You can invest like them, too.
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