June 2016 – Investing in Sustainable Agriculture

Since the inception of the Shelton Green Alpha Fund (NEXTX) on March 12, 2013, the world has seen green investing become more mainstream and the fossil fuel divestment movement gain traction with individual investors as well as universities, foundations, and pension plans. Find out more about the Fund here- http://sheltoncap.com/mutual-funds/domestic-equity/shelton-green-alpha-fund-fossil-free-investing Click below for Shelton Green

Impact investing reputation brings record sales years For the first time in its 21-year history, Praxis Mutual Funds® reached $1 billion in assets under management on March 30, 2016. This achievement marks a significant step in cementing its reputation in the social investment industry as a fund family that offers both positive impact and strong

Ethical Markets focuses on transition management’s top priority: ending externalities Ethical Markets Media welcomes Earth Day 2016 with a stunning new total for its Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS). As of Q4 2015, the GTS totals $7.13 TRILLION cumulative in non-government investments and commitments tracked since 2007 in the global green transition now underway. The 2016

By Suzan Erem, president of the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust When Slow Money founder Woody Tasch asked me in June 2014 why the Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) hadn’t applied to the entrepreneur’s showcase yet, I used my best deadpan voice. “Because we’re not entrepreneurs, Woody. We’re a nonprofit.” I soon learned that we can

by Kenneth Lander, chief sustainability officer and co-founder Thrive Farmers   When you talk with coffee farmers about sustainability in Central America, the conversation always turns to money. It’s noble to talk about using more sustainable agricultural practices, treating workers better, reforestation and investing in the future business opportunities of a farm. But if you

by Harn Soper, founder of Sustainable Farm Partners   In order to understand how we arrived at today’s food system and the opportunity to expand into organics, some history is in order. Prior to World War II the food economy in the US was typified by organic market gardens and small grocery stores that carried

Largest dollar gain ever for booming organic sector even with supply challenges, says OTA survey The booming U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up a robust 11 percent from the previous year\’s record level and far outstripping the overall food market\’s

>> Back to June 2016 Issue by Claire Mesesan, communications manager at Iroquois Valley Farms “Women are leading the way in sustainable and organic agriculture,” according to Lindsay Lusher Shute, Executive Director of National Young Farmers Coalition – and why shouldn’t they be? Young Farmer Land Access Program Director for Iroquois Valley Farms and former