Leon, Guanajuato Mexico and Birmingham, Alabama – 20 March 2019 – The Kirchner Impact Foundation is pleased to announce a collaboration with the local government of Leon and the state government of Guanajuato, to offer a new, central Mexico based Kirchner Food Fellowship cohort. Designed and launched in 2014 to operate where traditional pools of … Read More
Kirchner Food Fellowship Opens the 2019-2020 Application Period for Two Cohorts
Program recruiting for both a US/Canada based cohort and a Mexico based cohort Birmingham, Alabama and Leon, Guanajuato Mexico – 06 March 2019 – The Kirchner Impact Foundation is pleased to announce that the Kirchner Food Fellowship is now accepting applications for two cohorts – a US/Canada-based cohort and a Central Mexico-based cohort. Launched in … Read More
Kuli Kuli Closes $5M Series B with Griffith Foods and Kellogg to Make Moringa a Household Ingredient
Moringa Company Kuli Kuli Receives Strategic Investment to Grow New Superfood Category OAKLAND, CA., February 28, 2019 — Kuli Kuli, a mission-driven company pioneering the superfood moringa, announced today that it closed its $5M Series B financing. Griffith Foods, the global product development company, led the round with eighteen94 capital, the Kellogg Company’s venture capital … Read More
Kirchner Food Fellowship: Combating Global Food Insecurity & Funding Socially Responsible Agriculture with Students
Source: AgFunder Editor’s Note: Blair Kirchner is director of the Kirchner Food Fellowship, a student-led impact investment program operated by the Kirchner Impact Foundation, the non-profit arm of the North American merchant bank. A few months ago the Fellowship announced a partnership with Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and North Carolina State University … Read More
Pioneering Impact Investment Program Receives Grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
– Kirchner Food Fellowship announces this year’s program will have a soil health investment focus – Birmingham, Alabama & Washington, DC– 28 November 2018 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship, a Kirchner Impact Foundation initiative, today announced a collaboration with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) which will … Read More
Kirchner Food Fellows Adopt Investment Mandate, Announces Investment Opportunity for Businesses Focus on Improving Soil Health and Water
Nov 26, 2018 – Three distinguished Agricultural Investment Fellows, researching and acquiring hands-on training in agricultural investment and soil fertility, said they have received funds from the Kirchner Group to find and invest in a small and medium sized agri-business that is focused on improving soil health and water for small farmers. The search for … Read More