Category: Investment News

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Press Release: Iroquois Valley Launches First-of-its-Kind Farmer Success Sharing Plan

Written by Nora Chovanec on January 14, 2026. Posted in Investment News.

Leading Impact Investment Firm Awards Equity to Organic Farmer Partners Chicago, Ill.—January 15, 2026—Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, a pioneering U.S. organic farmland investment company, announced its landmark Farmer Success Sharing Plan, an innovative program that grants REIT equity shares directly to longtime organic farmer partners. The program marks a historic milestone not only for Iroquois Valley, but for the farmland investment sector, by formally recognizing farmers...

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Press Release: Iroquois Valley’s Model of Organic, Regenerative Investment Earns Global Recognition; Wilken Family Named Grower of the Year Finalists

Written by Nora Chovanec on December 9, 2025. Posted in Investment News.

Chicago, Ill.—December 9, 2025—Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, a leading organic-farmland focused impact investment company, has been honored with two major distinctions at the 2025 Environmental Finance IMPACT Awards: Impact Project/Investment of the Year: Agriculture and Sustainable Land Use Impact Project/Investment of the Year: Social Inclusion/Community Development Environmental Finance’s annual IMPACT Investment Awards seek to recognize and reward the work of impact...

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Press Release: A Decade of Proof — Iroquois Valley’s Impact Data Shows Organic Agriculture Can Scale For People and Planet

Written by Nora Chovanec on November 18, 2025. Posted in Investment News.

Impact Investment Firm Drives Measurable Climate And Economic Benefits From Supporting Agricultural Land Transitioned to Organic Chicago, Ill.—November 18, 2025—Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, a pioneering U.S. organic farmland investment company, announced over a decade’s worth of measurable environmental and economic progress driven by organic agricultural practices. From 2014-2025, the company’s network of organic and transitioning farms collectively eliminated an...

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Press Release: Iroquois Valley Strengthens Organic, Regenerative Ranching with Investment in Diamond E. Ranch, Launches Compelling Video

Written by Nora Chovanec on September 23, 2025. Posted in Investment News.

Impact Investment Firm Raises Funds from Institutions and Individuals to Transform the Country’s Agricultural System in Partnership with Land Stewards Chicago, Ill. — September 23, 2025 — Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT is proud to announce a new video highlighting their investment partnership with rancher, ecologist and entrepreneur Cindy Tolle. The impact investor provides financing for Diamond E Ranch, a 22,000 acre regenerative cattle operation producing sustainably raised beef...

Press Release: Iroquois Valley Increases B Corp Impact Score

Written by Nora Chovanec on September 9, 2025. Posted in Investment News, News & Media.

Chicago, Ill.—September 9, 2025—Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, an impact-driven leader in the investment and stewardship of organic, regenerative farmland, recently received its B Corp recertification and increased its score from 107 to 124, significantly driven by investment in their people and benefits. “Every three years, Iroquois Valley is required to recertify as a B Corp,” said CEO Chris Zuehlsdorff. “We are proud to have increased our score and be ranked in the top...

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Press Release: Iroquois Valley Makes First Farmland Investment of 2025 After Record-Setting 2024

Written by Nora Chovanec on February 18, 2025. Posted in Investment News, News & Media.

Impact Investing Leader Continues Critical Partnerships with Farmers to Transition Conventional Farmland to Organic, Regenerative Production For the Benefit of the Environment and Human Health Chicago, Ill.—February 18, 2025—Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT, PBC, an impact-driven leader in the investment and stewardship of organic, regenerative farmland, is not only taking stock of its successful 2024, but already preparing for the next season of growth with its first significant...

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Shop with Iroquois Valley Farmers

Written by Nora Chovanec on January 7, 2025. Posted in Investment News.

Our farmers offer a wonderful array of certified organic goods available locally and nationally. New this year, you can visit our website to explore their unique offerings. From deluxe pancake kits with stone-ground artisan flour to aromatic goat milksoap to community-supported stewardship agriculture shares, you will surely find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. And don’t forget — good food makes for great gifts! Photo credit: Mint Creek Farm CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE FARM...

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Join us in Supporting the Healing Soils Foundation

Written by Nora Chovanec on November 19, 2024. Posted in Investment News.

Photo credit: Meadowlark Farm and Mill Now more than ever, it is imperative to remember that our planet and our farmers need your support. To more directly meet the needs of organic and regenerative land stewards, Iroquois Valley’s charitable affiliate, the Healing Soils Foundation, provides grants directly to farmers to help transition, build, and scale climate-resilient farms in our portfolio and beyond. Since its founding, Healing Soils has awarded nearly $1 million in...

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Press Release: Preserving 22,000 Acres of Critical Arizona Habitat in Partnership with Rancher Cindy Tolle

Written by Nora Chovanec on October 1, 2024. Posted in Investment News.

We are excited to announce our latest investment with longstanding Iroquois Valley rancher Cindy Tolle in Cochise County, Arizona, at Diamond E. Ranch. Cindy (a biologist and environmental chemist), her family, and her team, Steven and Angie Terrell, are land stewards with decades of ranching experience across the West. Their multi-generational endeavor has US ranch hubs in the Midwest (267 acres in Missouri, 443 acres in Kansas) and the Black Hills (1,700 acres in South Dakota). This...

Central Grazing Co: Catalyzing land restoration by building an alternative lamb market

Written by Lacey Benz on April 25, 2023. Posted in Investment News, News & Media.

Jacqueline’s child, Liam, stands among the lambs at Central Grazing Co Jacqueline Smith of Central Grazing Company is instigating food systems change in Northeastern Kansas and beyond. In 2023, Central Grazing will sell approximately 2,000 lambs. These lambs are sourced from Jacqueline’s farm as well as from several other regenerative sheep farms in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Idaho. The Central Grazing network of sheep farmers regenerate depleted soils...