The Missing Middle

Venture capital finance has tightened in the current economic environment, but food systems investors remain keen to participate in transformation.

Every type of farming system works - from fresh local eggs to bulk grain exports, in that a market exists. But each individual food system works differently in moving products off farms to end users.

Understanding market demand is the critical starting point in developing new value chains because right or wrong, farming is a business. Even if it’s a side…