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Mark Lewis: The Past, Present and Future of Carbon Sequestration
Over the past decade, we’ve seen the first good-faith and large-scale efforts by a number of global superpowers to address this issue.

Brandon Welch and Phil Taylor – Updates with Mad Capital on how to enable billions to flow to regen organic farmers
A check-in conversation with Brandon Welch and Phil Taylor, founders of Mad Capital and Mad Agriculture, to talk about Perennial Fund 1 and 2, the lessons learned and building the vehicles to finance transition and funnel billions into the space.

How to harness the ancient partnership between forests and fungi
Watch Now - If we want to better understand the environment and combat climate change, we need to look deep underground, where diverse microscopic fungal networks mingle with tree roots to form symbiotic partnerships, says microbiologist Colin Averill.

Eion Explainer: Why we know that rock weathering works
I want to capture here, in a brief and intuitive way, why we, “the scientific community,” know CO₂ removal by enhanced rock weathering is a real thing. Putting on my Peter Falk hat, à la Princess Bride, this story is better than you think: stay with me.

Podcast: Food Safety Data Innovation with Erik Westblom, Co-Founder & CEO of Provision
Erik Westblom is the Co-Founder and CEO of Provision, and agtech startup that makes cloud software to streamline food safety and QA. Clients can build simple digital templates that expedite recordkeeping, with automatic schedules, rules, and alerts that increase compliance. All food safety and quality data is centralized in one hub with automatic history and customizable reporting. This makes it faster to complete audits, and easier to analyze processes.

Leading Agricultural Carbon Removal Company Eion Closes $12 Million Series A to Scale Production of CarbonLock™ Technology
Eion, a permanent carbon removal technology company, today announced the close of a Series A funding round exceeding $12 million. The round was co-led by AgFunder and Ridgeline, along with participation from a broad coalition of strategic climate, ag tech, financial and impact investors, as well as upstream mineral supplier Sibelco. New and returning investors also include Carbon Removal Partners, Mercator Partners, Orion, Overture, SLVC and Trailhead Capital.

EXCLUSIVE: Mad Capital closes $4m round, aims to shift 10m acres to regenerative ag by 2032
Trailhead Capital led the round with participation from Bonaventure Capital, Homecoming Capital, Impact Assets, One Small Planet, Pelican Ag, Lacebark

SWARM Engineering – Where Innovation meets Technology!
SWARM Engineering is a rising star that is transforming the way food supply chain companies are managing their key challenges for competitive advantage. With a unique approach to Challenge Management – a specialist aspect of the multi-billion-dollar market for decision intelligence – and offering an array of advanced solutions that incorporate AI, Machine Learning, and Operational Research, SWARM Engineering is rapidly gaining a dedicated band of followers.

Anthony Howcroft: Developing the De-Facto Way for Agri-Food Enterprises to Address Business Challenges
Anthony’s journey to the helm of SWARM has included a stint as a computer operator at Kraft foods straight from school, a Creative Writing course at Oxford University, and success as a published author of both fiction and non-fiction books.

Courageous Capital Stewards - Regenerative Agriculture with Mark Lewis
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Trailhead Capital’s New Impact Metrics and the Future of Measuring Regenerative Agriculture
Working with a company called Proof, we will be collecting a range of new data in an effort to accelerate the transition to a regenerative world through impact-driven investments.

EarthSense Creator Girish Chowdhary Discovers Unique Audience, Energy from NSF Visit
Out of several amazing moments since beginning the startup company EarthSense in 2016, Illinois Computer Science professor Girish Chowdhary said that few, if any, could top the experience just two Sundays ago when he spoke at the National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

Ingredion partners with HowGood to measure ingredient sustainability
A major criticism levied against CPGs when it comes to improving their sustainability is that it’s hard to measure the progress they make. Ingredion is taking that head-on by working with HowGood and its database to meet customer demands for sustainable ingredients.

Merck Animal Health to Acquire Vence
The acquisition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Trailhead Managing Partners, Tripp Wall and Pete Oberle Interview with ReFed’s Food Waste Funder Circle for Monthly Member Spotlight
Our team sat down with Food Waste Funder Circle for an exclusive interview showcased in their monthly member newsletter.

Tillable partners with Evergreen Bank to expand digital lending for US farmers
Farmland is in high demand from growers and traditional landowners as well as investors who are finding value in agricultural land as an asset class.

5 Questions for Trailhead Capital’s Tripp Wall
Raised in a cattle and timber family, Tripp grew up learning the value of stewardship from his grandfathers. It was an early introduction to a conservation mindset and the interconnectivity of everything from plants, to animals, to water, natural resources and more.


Clean Start: Companies begin to invest in HowGood’s food product sustainability data
CNBC’s Diana Olick reports on a start-up fighting climate change by using food data.

Podcast: Pete Oberle on how to invest in lab grown regenerative meat
Pete Oberle, managing partner of Trailhead Capital, shares about his journey into investing and the latest investments they have made. Among them there is a regenerative cultivated lab-grown meat company.