Let’s go play outside with microbes! 🦠Maybe a little crazy question to ask fellow Food & Ag investors but we did it anyway and fun it was!
Together with Hanneke Hietink we dove into soil health, the balance of bacteria and fungi in the succession of the ecosystems. Biome Makers Inc. showed us their product to see how soil health, microbial ecosystems and available nutrients can be quantified. At the regenerative farm Schevikhoven we studied a “woodland edge” regenerative farming model, whereby working in several crop layers maximizes the use of sunlight and hence yields🌞
It was truly inspiring to see how the regenerative farm had more nitrogen availability then the conventional neighbor, without applying any nitrogen! For us the visit to the farm and talking with the experts in the field and our fellow Food & Ag investors was – again – a big inspiration.
It showed us the untapped potential of the regenerative transition. But to make an impact as VC we have to focus on the solutions that truly can make a true difference. Which one should we choose? 🤔
Send us a e-mail if you think there is a space, technology or business model Rubio should look at to enable this transition.
