The practice of harvesting the land to feed communities is as old as civilization. As long as people need to eat, there will be a market to exchange food and the ingredients that literally give us the sustenance of life. Yet until very recently, the agriculture industry has escaped the interest of non-conventional investors: despite there being a large and perpetual market for food, many impact investors have only recently come to understand the power they can have to make a fundamental difference in what food is grown, how it is grown, and how it is distributed. Moreover, impact investors are increasingly recognizing the power of a holistic and regenerative food system to: