Food and Agriculture

Imagine a world where the food we grow nourishes both people and planet.​

Today, our industrial agriculture system is heavily reliant on extractive practices that harm people and planet. This means of food production degrades natural resources, contributes to climate change, exacerbates water scarcity, and accelerates biodiversity loss. It also traps the farmers who form the base of the agricultural supply chain in cycles of poverty – preventing the people who feed the world from earning fair wages.

This system is unjust and unsustainable. But it doesn’t have to be this way. A regenerative food system offers another path forward.

RSF invests in regenerative food and agriculture enterprises that support biodiversity and soil health, produce healthy food, pay farmers fairly, reduce food waste, and more.

By investing in a regenerative food system, we aim to preserve natural resources, improve rural livelihoods, and increase access to healthy and sustainably produced food.​ Together, we can build a food system that provides enough food for everyone while regenerating the planet it depends on.​

Credit facility accelerates growth of regenerative agriculture

Mad Capital uses a $5 million credit facility from RSF to support Midwest and High Plains farmers who are transitioning to organic and regenerative practices.

Read Full Story

Mission-aligned finance supports Goodr’s two-pronged approach to solving hunger and food waste

RSF financing is helping Goodr scale its work to transform surplus food into hunger solutions.

Read Full Story

Community-led fund supports Southern Black farmers

The fund hands power to local leaders who distribute grants based on trust, communication, and a deep understanding of community needs.

Read Full Story

Invest in a regenerative food system

 

By purchasing an RSF Social Investment Fund note, you’ll support businesses and nonprofits building a regenerative food system.

Invest Today

Apply for a loan

 

RSF offers lines of credit, finances new equipment and facilities, and provides the financing you need to grow your food or agriculture business.  

Apply for a loan

Latest News

RSF’s 2024 annual report

In 2024, the RSF community – investors, donors, social enterprise leaders, and all who share our vision for a regenerated world – worked together to change finance and financing change. Learn more about our collective achievements in our 2024 annual report!

From winning to thriving, maximizing to healing: Investing is ripe for its own abundance agenda

“Act from abundance” is one of RSF’s core principles of regenerative finance. Inspired by this principle and Ezra Klein and Derek Johnson’s new book Abundance, RSF CEO Jasper van Brakel encourages us to imagine a financial system rooted in abundance and regeneration instead of scarcity and zero-sum thinking.

Now is the time to double down on building resilient brands

In this article in Sustainable Brands, RSF President & CEO Jasper van Brakel explores how regenerative finance can bolster the brands achieving genuine social and environmental impact – and why now is the perfect time to double down on these partnerships.