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A Surprisingly Developed Agtech Ecosystem Flourishes in Central Mexico
Agriculture and Mexico in the same sentence is no surprise – the sector generates around $49 billion every year with the main exports being avocados, tomatoes, and berries. In general, Mexico is considered in the top 10 of food producing and exporting countries
Read Full ArticleKirchner Group and Thought for Food Announce Inaugural Mexico AgTech Competition
Leon Mexico, Birmingham, Alabama & Basel, Switzerland – May 28th 2019 – Kirchner Group and the Thought for Food (TFF) foundation are collaborating to launch
Read Full ArticleHighly Experienced Investment and Operational Professional joins Kirchner Group
Zack Porter will leverage his extensive experience focusing on Kirchner Group’s Portfolio Optimization initiative working to help limited partners and limited partner advisory committees help their fund managers optimize returns through the return-of-capital phase of fund lives.
Read Full ArticleFormer GE Capital Private Equity Executive Joins Kirchner Group
Michael Fisher brings over 35 years of experience to firm. Mike’s broad experience in private equity, alternative investing, operations and financial services is extremely relevant to the Kirchner Group’s client base and service offerings.
Read Full ArticleKirchner Food Fellowship partners with local government to expand their innovative program in Mexico
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.
Read Full ArticleKirchner Food Fellowship Opens the 2019-2020 Application Period for Two Cohorts
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.
Read Full ArticleKirchner Food Fellowship: Combating Global Food Insecurity & Funding Socially Responsible Agriculture with Students
The seeds of the Kirchner Food Fellowship were planted (pun maybe intended) in early 2014 at a lunch in Toronto between an impatient academic innovator and two impatient entrepreneurial businessmen (one of whom was Kirchner Group’s founder) who saw, from different vantage points, many of the same societal challenges.
Read Full ArticlePioneering Impact Investment Program Receives Grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
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 provide financial and technical expertise in support of the 2018-2019 Kirchner Food Fellowship program.
Read Full ArticleKirchner Group Bringing Industry-Based Expertise to Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Initiative
Kirchner Group, a leading asset manager and boutique advisor to companies and investors in the agriculture technology and life sciences sectors, announced today that it will advise the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research’s (FFAR) newly formed International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture (ICASA).
Read Full ArticleKirchner Food Fellowship Announces Investment in Innovative Soil Health Company
The Kirchner Food Fellowship is pleased to announce today that it has completed an investment in, Grupo Solena S.A.P.I. de C.V. Solena has developed a methodology that allows farmers to asses and manage their soil microbiome, which helps to increase yields, prevent disease and improve overall soil health.
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