Category: News From FI

FI Wraps Up Loan w/ Richardson Farms

7/23/2019

In April 2016, Foodshed Investors deployed a loan to Richardson Farms with the goal of assisting in the implementation of their Dairy operation. As of July 2019 - three years later - this loan has officially closed, as it has been paid back in full.

FI Newsletter ~ June 2019

6/7/2019

Welcome, Brazos Valley Office ~ Foodshed Investors Podcast, Jarred Maxwell on Crowdfunding ~ Incubators and Accelerators ~ Access to Capital ~ Pea Protein is Everywhere ~ USDA Payouts

Full Newsletter Here

FI Newsletter - May 2019

5/3/2019

Foodshed Investors, On The Road Again ~ Partnership With Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) ~ RMA Grant Announcement ~ Foodshed Investors Podcast w/ Andrew Braunberg of Still Austin ~ CTYFC Buying Farmland Event ~ Accelerators ~ USDA Ag Census

Full Foodshed Investors Newsletter Here

FI Newsletter - April 2019

4/4/2019

Foodshed Investors Happy Hour! ~ Amy Bell Joins the FI Team ~ Recent Fundings ~ Sweet Ritual ~ Bhoomi Cane Water ~ Hops & Grain ~ Episode 3 Foodshed Investors Podcast ~ Tech Stars ~ Tarmac TX ~ What We're Reading

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Amy Bell Joins Foodshed Investors

4/1/2019

Foodshed Investors is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Bell to the FI Team. Amy joins as a Senior Advisor and is supporting the development of the FI platform and working with entrepreneurs on business planning, capital structure and fundraising.

Amy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in impact investing, fund management, and international development.

FI Newsletter: March 2019

3/1/2019

Foodshed Investors Advisory Service ~ Funding Readiness ~ Virtual Business Partner ~ Episode 2 of Foodshed Investors Podcast ~ Central Texas Food Hub Feasibility Study ~ Beyond Fresh Value Added Production Guide ~ Refresh Report

Full Newsletter Here

FI Newsletter: February 2019

2/1/2019

FI Launches Nationwide ~ New FI website ~ Advisory Services Launched ~ FI Announces Everyone Investor Network ~ FI Launches Foodshed Investors Podcast ~ Growing a Sustainable Food System Report ~ Lancet Commission Report on Diet and Planet

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We Re-Brand, Go National

1/18/2019

Today we launch our latest website, and with it broaden our geographical focus from Central Texas to the entire US; introduce "Advisory Services"; launch our Podcast; and launch the "Everyone Network".

We've expanded from "Austin Foodshed Investors" to simply "Foodshed Investors" as our experience helping sustainable food...

Austin Foodshed Investors Highlighted in Edible Austin

1/15/2019

We're excited about our new write up in Edible Austin! Find it in the July/August Wellness Issue currently on newsstands. Happy to see AFI Portfolio company Cat Springs Yaupon Tea highlighted in this article, as well as one of our investors. In separate articles, EA also featured AFI's first Portfolio company, Bola Pizza, and speaks with friends of AFI, Rain Lily Farm and Barton Springs Mill

The Right Shirt

1/13/2019

AFI Co-Founder Jarred Maxwell muses on his journey through Slow Money, investment clubs, and the founding of Austin Foodshed Investors. This article originally appeared in the Winter 2016/17 issue of the Slow Money Journal.

FI Newsletter: December 2018

12/4/2018

AFI Happy Hour! ~Skinourishment has BIG news ~ Stone Barns Watch Party @ Farmshare Austin ~ Austin Small Business Expo ~ La Flaca Brings the Heat ~ GMO Potatoes ~ Organic Farmland Preservation ~ Startup Founders Aren't So Young ~ Democratization of Impact Investing ~ Invest with AFI
Foodshed Investors Newsletter December 2018

FI Newsletter: October 2018

10/10/2018

AFI Welcomes Back to the Garden ~ Seal the Seasons Expands ~ Hops & Grain 7th Anniversary ~ Farmhouse Delivery Helps Fund Schools ~ FARFA Conference ~ AFI Local Food Event Calendar ~ The E Myth ~ US Dairy and Trade ~ Structural Inequality ~ RSF Social Finance
Foodshed Investors October Newsletter 2018

FI Newsletter: September 2018

9/7/2018

Still Austin ~ Veggie Vinder ~ Rolling Roadshow in Brenham ~ Capital Farm Credit Next Generation Conference ~ Agrepreneurship 101 with Alliance for Rural Impact ~ What We're Reading at FI ~ Invest in Good, Local, Food.
Foodshed Investors September 2018 Newsletter

FI Newsletter: August 2018

8/10/2018

Rolling Roadshow in Brenham ~ Eden's East Organic Garden Center ~ Hops & Grains Pale Mosaic ~ Cat Spring Yaupon Tea ~ Larry Butler ~ Brad Stufflebeam's Home Sweet Farm ~ Judith McGreary and Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance ~ Why Money is the Fastest Way to Kill Your Startup ~ Invest in Good, Local, Food.
Foodshed Investors August 2018 Newsletter

FI Newsletter: July 2018

7/1/2018

AFI Featured in Edible Austin ~ Farmer and Rancher Services ~ Recent Fundings ~ Seal the Seasons ~ Eden's Garden CSA Farm ~ AFI Events ~ Around the Ecosystem ~ Agripreneurship 101 ~ Still Austin Releases New Texas Rye Gin

Foodshed Investors Newsletter July 2018

FI Newsletter: June 2018

6/1/2018

AFI Rolling Roadshow, Fredericksburg ~ Recent Fundings ~ Slow Money & Woody Tasch ~ Multicultural Refugee Center Open House ~ Boggy Creek Farm Tour ~ School Lunch is Complicated
Foodshed Investor Newsletter June 2018

FI Newsletter: May 2018

5/1/2018

AFI Launches Local Foods Events Calendar ~ Recent Fundings ~ Woody Tasch & Slow Money Come to Austin ~ Farm Dinner Event ~ AFI Rolling Roadshow Goes to Corpus Christi ~ Skinnourishment Launches at Wheatsville
Foodshed Investors Newsletter May 2018

Texas Farms and Families to Benefit from New Statewide Local Food EventCalendar

4/23/2018

Austin Foodshed Investors and the Texas Center for Local Food today announced the first ever statewide event calendar for local and sustainable food events in Texas. This exciting new calendar gives Texans quick and easy access to all local, sustainable food events in the state.

AFI Welcomes New Team Member - Evan Driscoll

3/22/2018

At AFI, we empower people. We want the local food businesses we support and invest in to thrive as businesses. We want the investors and entrepreneurs we work with to have positive impact on the communities they serve. And, here in our very own office, we want to build the strongest AFI team we can to support the people in our Central Texas food system.

FI Newsletter: March 2018

3/1/2018

AFI Rolling Roadshow goes to Cedar Creek ~ Recent Fundings ~ AFI Pivot to Producers ~ AFI Partners with SCORE ~ SPARK Impact 2018 ~ Holistic Management Institute Farm and Ranch Program ~ Learning about Healthy Soils
Foodshed Investor Newsletter March 2018