Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
401 9th St NW, Suite 730, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
Overview
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research connects funders, researchers, and farmers through public-private partnerships to support audacious research addressing the biggest food and agriculture challenges. Due to the company's innovative public-private partnership model, the foundation is able to work with a wide range of stakeholders to find research opportunities that will help farmers overcome these obstacles. The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research cultivates intrepid scientific collaborations to address the challenges facing food and agriculture today.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Agriculture
- Non Profit
- Nutrition
- Organic Food
Investment portfolio
- AeroFarms
Led · Grant · Sep 2017
AeroFarms operates a 138,670-square-foot vertical farm at Cane Creek Centre in Ringgold, Virginia, where it produces micro bok choy, kale, broccoli, arugula and other microgreens for chains such as Whole Foods, Harris Teeter and The Fresh Market. The company shifted its commercial production from New Jersey to this Virginia site in April 2023 and has signaled plans to build a second farm, having begun pre-construction work using recently raised equity. Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023 and experiencing the withdrawal of support from its largest investor in December 2025, AeroFarms continues to seek strategic and long-term financing solutions. As of mid-January 2026, it employs about 135 people, though 127 positions could be eliminated if the farm closes on February 27. In August 2025 the firm refinanced debt and secured equity from existing backers Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Ingka Investments and Cibus Capital, while Siguler Guff supplied an asset-based loan. The current short-term funding extends operations only through late February 2026, underscoring the company’s ongoing liquidity challenges and need for stable capital.
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