First-Ever Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference Highlights Best Practices For Eco-Friendly Farming
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150 Investors & Industry Leaders Attend Seminar on Responsible Farming NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- `Agriculture 2.0,` the first investor conference entirely devoted to sustainable agriculture, features 150 industry leaders sharing advice and discussing long-term strategies for market-rate investment in a sector that is traditionally overlooked by institutional money managers. The audience includes venture capitalists, private equity investors, government officials, entrepreneurs, academics and farmers and the conference, co-hosted by NewSeed Advisors and SPIN Farming, features: * keynote speech by Bruce Kahn, climate change research analyst at Deutsche Bank * presentation by Grayson Hoberg, CEO of organic flour processor Dakota Prairie and former CFO of Earthlink * discussion led by Carol Kramer-LeBlanc of the U.S. Department of Agriculture about the Obama Administration`s efforts regarding sustainable agriculture Also at the conference, NewSeed Advisors founder Janine Yorio is announcing that NewSeed Advisors is now raising capital for the first venture capital fund exclusively focused on environmentally-friendly agriculture. "The economics underlying the trend toward healthy eating and responsible farming are incredibly compelling, with double digit growth rates across all the subsectors," Ms. Yorio says. "The field is wide open, and as the first and only fund focused on this sector we`ll ferret out and invest in the best possible transactions that combine healthy eating and healthy profits." About NewSeed Advisors NewSeed Advisors is launching the first ever venture capital fund focused exclusively on environmentally-friendly agriculture. NewSeed identifies, nurtures and invests in companies that make agriculture more sustainable. NewSeed advocates on behalf of the sustainable agriculture industry to improve access to the capital needed to accelerate changes. NewSeed Advisors is committed to growing companies that improve food quality and take better care of the earth. www.newseedadvisors.com NewSeed Advisors Janine Yorio, 646-484-6042 Janine@newseedadvisors.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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