Sponsors
http://www.beartoothcap.comBeartooth acquires and enhances the value of rural land through habitat restoration, entitlement, and ecologically-appropriate limited development while returning capital and mitigating investment risk via conservation and ecosystem services transactions. Beartooth also assesses the full array of non-development values embedded in each property, including agricultural, natural resource, conservation and ecosystem service values. Wherever possible, Beartooth enhances and captures these values through conservation easement sales and donations, innovative transactions like carbon sequestration projects, and by developing conservation enterprises such as ecologically-sound agriculture and timber operations, mitigation banks, and more.
http://www.ensaholdingsltd.com/Established in 2009, EnSA represents a new breed of multinational agriculture company. EnSA is applying modern management techniques, successfully implemented in manufacturing, to the agricultural sector while at the same time embracing sustainability as a management philosophy. The company has a steadfast belief that if it treats its workers and customers well, everyone will benefit economically. The same respect is afforded to the growing fields, native water supplies and other natural resources. These tenets are unusual in the rice business; but not unusual for EnSA and its team of proven and experienced professionals.
Farm Credit is the leading provider of credit and related services to rural America through a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions and specialized service organizations. Established in 1916, the Farm Credit system provides more than $150 billion in loans and leases to farmers, ranchers, rural homeowners, aquatic producers, timber harvesters, agribusinesses, and agricultural and rural utility cooperatives. For more information about the Farm Credit Systemhttp://www.farmcredit.com/
http://www.ft.comThe Financial Times (FT) is one of the world’s leading business news and information organizations, recognized internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. FT provides a broad range of essential services to the growing audience of internationally minded business people.
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With approximately 1,000 lawyers in 14 offices worldwide, O’Melveny & Myers LLP helps industry leaders across a broad array of sectors manage the complex challenges of succeeding in the global economy. We are a values-driven law firm, guided by the principles of excellence, leadership, and citizenship. Our commitment to these values is reflected in our dedication to improving access to justice through pro bono work and championing initiatives that increase the diversity of the legal profession.http://www.omm.com
Rabobank Group, founded by farmers more than 110 years ago, is the premier financial services provider to the food and agribusiness industry worldwide serving 10 million customers in 48 countries. With more than $900 billion in assets, Rabobank Group is recognized as one of the safest banks in the world. Rabobank, N.A. is a full service California community bank serving consumers, businesses and agricultural clients. Through nearly 120 branches, our regional structure promotes local decision making and active community involvement by our employees.http://www.rabobankamerica.com
Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world's largest law firms with approximately 1700 lawyers and a global footprint with offices in 17 cities. We provide a broad range of transactional, litigation and regulatory services to meet the needs of large and small businesses across a multitude of industries. Our multi-disciplinary agribusiness practice provides both unique and practical advice to our clients, which include both established and emerging agribusiness clients. We advise clients on all stages of the supply chain. Our lawyers have experience running agribusiness companies, and many have worked in senior offices within U.S. and EU government bodies.http://www.sidley.com
http://www.verliantenergy.com/Verliant Energy is a bioenergy project developer and electricity generating company, which provides renewable electricity to utilities and large energy users. We develop, build, finance, and operate power systems, marketing renewable electricity at competitive rates while simultaneously creating unique partnering solutions for the agricultural industry.
What we do
Verliant Energy provides renewable energy solutions that promote sustainable agriculture and environmentally sound manure management practices, which mitigate green house gas (GHG) emissions and nutrient runoff. The output of our projects is clean, renewable energy, carbon offsets, high grade nitrogen fertilizer, and crop-ready grey water. Our engineers work side-by-side with farmers to create the best possible solutions and to meet the specific needs of each farm.
