NewSeed Advisors News Bites


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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Winners: Good Natured Family Farms; BioSoil; HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries; Sky Vegetables ; Marrone Bio Innovations; Farm Power; Dakota Organic Prairie; Vital Farmland on August 21
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Rollie Elkins
Rollie Elkins at 11:48am September 24
Living Life Magazine promoting Mandarin Growers Assn and Placer Grown.
Glenn Behrman
Glenn Behrman at 02:45am March 21
Janine: Please confirm that you received my email. Thanks
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
The winners of the Ag 2.0 competition have been announced. Come to the conference to meet the talent behind these companies and investors in the sustainable agriculture field. Check them out! on August 21
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
At long last, the NewSeed Advisors website has relaunched. (As you Silicon Valley types would say, "It is still in beta.") on August 09
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Tomorrow is the last day to apply to present at the Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference! Don't forget to fill in the forms, available at www.newseedadvisors.com/company-submission on July 30
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
We have 100 followers! Wow. Do people actually read the updates? Let me know and weigh in. on July 28
Ezra Roizen
Ezra Roizen at 10:45am July 28
Congrats - I do! Don't tell Bambi - but I actually read the company updates emails more than the news...
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That's great Jani
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
USDA offers grants to small business innovators in agriculture, but the deadline is this September. Great that you don't have to repay the grant or dilute down your ownership. Great validation of concept, too. on July 27
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Becoming a farmer, even an urban farmer, is a way of creating your own job, being your own boss, and controlling your own destiny. SPIN Farming offers a how-to to take the guess work. You can earn $50,000/year on a farm the size of your backyard, a half acre.www.spinfarming.com on July 24
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Only 43 tickets left for the Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference in New York City this September! To register, or forward information to your VC and private equity contacts, please visit www.newseedadvisors.com/conference on July 20
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Is proud to announce that Vermont-based sustainable agriculture law firm Merritt & Merritt & Moulton will sponsor lunch at the Sustainable Agriculture Investment Conference in New York. For more information visit www.newseedadvisors.com/conference on July 17
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Blogger wondering whether sustainable agriculture can attract venture capital: http://www.thebigmoney.com/blogs/daily-bread/2009/07/14/can-sustainable-ag-attract-venture-capital?page=0,0 on July 14
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Just had a great conversation with Awais Khan of KPMG who will be a judge in the NewSeed competition. He works on early-stage venture capital advisory assignments for KPMG, specifically in the "cleantech" space. I have Bambi and Vator to thank for this introduction. on July 08
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Ezra Roizen
Ezra Roizen at 01:33pm July 09
Awais is the man!
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
The G8 announced they will invest $12bn in global agriculture due to fears about the world food supply. on July 06
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Is thrilled to see the profile about Will Allen in today's New York Times magazine. He's the guy in Milwaukee who has been growing massive quantities of vegetables and fish on a 2-acre inner city farm. Check it out. on July 05
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Proud to announce that John Ehrlich has joined the NewSeed team from Alderlea Farm in British Columbia. John is an expert on organic- and biodynamic-certified farms and will work with NewSeed to assess the feasibility and sustainability of farming investments. on June 29
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Janine Yorio (Founder/President)
Returned to the office after a week of conferences, the Global AgInvesting conference in NYC and the Sustainable Agriculture Supply Chain Summit in Chicago. Many wonderful contacts made. Looking forward to combining the constituencies at the NewSeed conf in NYC this September. on June 29