Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food 40 Kevin Egolf, how (retail) investors can provide land access to regen farmers
Raised 50M dollars and helped regen farmers access over 10.000 acres of farmland.
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This time I’m joined by Kevin Egolf, Chief Financial Officer of Iroquois Valley Farms, a restorative farmland finance company providing land access to organic family farmers, with a focus on the next generation.
In this interview we talk about democratization of impact investing in regenerative agriculture. Why land security over a long period of time is key to soil health and sustainability (in all aspects) of farms.
We discussed many things, among them why Iroquois focusses on multi generational farming families and exclusively organic production, although many of the farmers they work with go well beyond organic. They are looking for farmers who want to improve agriculture every single year, to increase soil biodiversity, organic is ‘just’ the first step.
Some other insights:
- why they are starting to measure the carbon levels in the soil of the land they own
- their journey into the retail investor space and why it has been so long and why they are now almost ready to launch this!
Kevin: 'once they (red. the farmers they work with) get their organic certification then the opportunities just contin
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LARIS 2026
Latin American Regenerative Investment Summit (Cumbre de Inversiones Regenerativas de América Latina). Be part of the movement that is regenerating the way we learn, invest, and live.
Bogotá, Colombia
May 12 - 14
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In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return. Hosted by Koen van Seijen.
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