36 Martijn Blom, investing 15m into regen food/agri companies in Sub Saharan Africa

Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food

Entrepreneur turned impact investor with a new found passion for SOIL!

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This time I’m talking to Martijn Blom, senior manager investor relationships at Hivos Impact Investments. the impact investment arm of a large dutch NGO. Their Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund is focussed at making investments into food companies in southern Africa. We discussed his impact investing journey, the fight agains the maize monocultures in Malawi and Zimbabwe, fancy sustainable Rooibos tea companies and his new found passion for soil!

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www.investinginregenerativeagriculture.com/2018/08/23/martijn-blom. 

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