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Become part of our vibrant community!
Join individuals from all sectors of the agribusiness, food, and ag investing market industries to exchange ideas, grow networks, stay in tune with trends and promote success among regional stakeholders.
Ag Clubs gather quarterly or bi-annually to hear presentations from dynamic and diverse industry speakers on a variety of topics including investments in agriculture, agtech, ag/food M&A, ag commodity supply and demand, production, consumer and processing trends.
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Presentations
Here are some of the presentations we hosted in 2021 & 2022; check back often to see what's coming in 2022!
"Canadian Farmland’s Track Record as an Inflation Hedge and Portfolio Risk Mitigation Tool"
Stephen Johnston, Managing Partner, VERIPATH Partners"Pacific Northwest Tree Fruit: Generating Alpha for the Triple Bottom Line"
Jason Meloy, Independent Consultant"How Innovative Financing Can Help Promote Sustainable Supply Chains"
Tanja Havemann, Co-Founder and Director, Clarmondial - Renee Cheung, Senior Vice President, Real Assets, New Island Capital, - Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Bank of America, - Kristofer Tremaine, Founder and CIO, Kimura Capital – Greg Mellinger, CEO, HighQuest Partners"Plant Based and Alternative Meat Products: What this Means for Agriculture and Traditional Meat Suppliers"
Heili Kim, Partner, Faegre Drinker"Food for Thought"
Deborah Perkins, Global Head of Food, ING"Building the Digital Infrastructure for Agriculture"
Jake Joraanstad, Co-Founder and CEO, Bushel"ESG and Impact Investing in the Agri-Sector"
Pan Pan, Director, International China Programme Co-Lead, and Deputy Director of Sustainable Land Use, Climate-KIC, and Tobias Poensgen, CEO, momentum capital"COVID Employment-Related Issues Connected with the Food and Ag Industry"
Susan Kline, Partner, Faegre Drinker"Key Insights, Trends, and Research Observed in Ag Investing"
Philippe deLaperouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners
Mark Zavodnyik, Project Manager of Consulting, HighQuest Partners"Scaling Up Organic Grains in the U.S."
Paul McMahon, Managing Partner, SLM Partners"Virtual Infrastructure for ESG Investing, Shifting Sustainability from Buzzword to the Boardroom"
Lynda Kiernan, Editor, Global AgInvesting Media, HighQuest Partners
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2019 | ||
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Sponsors and Partners
If you are interested in joining these industry leaders as a Sponsor,
please contact stmellinger@highquestgroup.com.
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Amerra
Founded in 2009, AMERRA offers customized finance solutions to agri-business companies, consisting of producers, processors, marketers/distributors and logistics companies operating in upstream and midstream agricultural markets throughout the Americas and Western Europe. We have invested over $3.5 billion across 250+ transactions since inception throughout the debt and equity capital structure.
Backed by long-term institutional capital, AMERRA provides a full spectrum of private debt and equity products, ranging from senior secured to junior debt investments, including various forms of working capital such as inventory finance, pre-export/pre-crop financing and trade financing, acquisition finance, capital expenditure programs, project finance, mezzanine finance and private equity.

ERM

Darling Ingredients
Faegre Drinker

IFT
Lockton
Mercaris

Pomeroon
Stable

Tillridge
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