Agriculture Capital (AC), a leader in regenerative agriculture investments, announced the addition of Ben Vitale as a new Partner. Vitale officially joins the team with over thirty years of executive and investment management experience in the carbon and environmental commodities markets, agriculture, infrastructure, and water sectors.
AC’s team (with Vitale’s carbon expertise) is prepared to help corporations meet their net-zero goals by integrating carbon removals and emission reductions generated by AC’s agriculture platform, including our support for an expanding base of grower partners.
Vitale is known for pioneering efforts leveraging capital markets to accelerate sustainable climate solutions, including carbon and low-carbon fuels markets, to decarbonize supply chains. Showing a steadfast commitment to integrity, Ben has earned the trust of recognized institutional investors, successfully raising and investing over $400 million of equity in the past decade. In this role, Vitale will lead the scale-up of institutional-grade carbon removals and emission reductions, a critical component of AC’s strategy to reduce carbon footprints and enhance ecosystem resilience, expanding on AC’s experience as a long-term owner/operator.
Most recently, Vitales has served as CEO and Operating Partner at Resilient Infrastructure Group (acquired by Partners Group) and as Principal at Equilibrium Capital Group where he began working with the AC team a decade ago.
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“Ben brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in areas directly aligned with our core mission at Agriculture Capital. His expertise will be invaluable as we continue to scale our efforts in making food production more regenerative, improving soil health, enhancing biodiversity, and effectively using every part of our farmland to combat climate change.”
-Rob Hurlbut, Managing Director of Agriculture Capital
“Ben’s passion for climate mitigation and resilience, when directed at the regenerative agriculture opportunity, will help generate economic value for AC and our grower-partners while decarbonizing points along the supply chain. Only a few exceptional people have deeply integrated climate considerations into business operations to drive financial returns and sustainability outcomes like Ben.”
-Brooke Randall, Principal of Agriculture Capital
“I am incredibly excited to join Agriculture Capital, an organization that can generate climate dividends based on the carbon removal services that agriculture provides while feeding the world.”
-Ben Vitale
