426 Ivana Gazibara - Deploy $1.4 billion in catalytic capital to transform the Midwest agricultural system

About this episode

Ivana Gazibara discusses the need for coordinated capital to transform the Midwest agricultural system towards regeneration.

The Midwest: 140 million acres of corn and soybeans, rural economies slowly dying, a system with no real long-term future in terms of soil or human health. It's also where roughly 25% of farmland could flip the entire region toward regeneration—but only if you coordinate capital the right way. Ivana Gazibara, Director of Systemic Investment Programmes at the TransCap Initiative, spent two years mapping the intervention points needed to drive systemic change across the agricultural heartland. ...

People in this episode

Host: Koen van Seijen

Guest: Ivana Gazibara

Topics covered

• agriculture
• regenerative practices
• systemic change
• capital investment
• sustainability

Keywords

• catalytic capital
• Midwest agriculture
• soil health
• human health
• systemic investment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TransCap Initiative

Places: Midwest, Midwest

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