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Plants must carefully time their life cycle events, such as germination and flowering, to their environment. But with changing climate and warmer weather, some plants are adapting to their new realities better than others.

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February 6, 2025 – King Street Capital Management and Tor Investment Management today announced a $110 million financing solution for Soul of Japan (SOJ), a 10KT land-based Atlantic salmon farm project in Tsu City, Japan. SOJ is backed by 8F Asset Management.

The financing will support the ongoing construction of the SOJ farm and the ultimate completion of the project, which commenced in 2023 and is progressing, with the first harvest expected in mid-2027. King Street and Tor’s financing is underpinned by strong aquaculture market demand, particularly as wild fish stock levels continue to decline. Once the project is completed, SOJ will operate a state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture system and be the largest land-based facility in Asia, effectively establishing a locally produced supply of Atlantic salmon for a market that has traditionally relied exclusively on imported product.

“We are excited to partner with both the Tor and SOJ teams to support the growing demand for sustainably sourced, high-quality Atlantic salmon to the Japanese market and beyond,” said Zachary Lewis, Managing Director at King Street. “This underscores King Street’s global ability to leverage deep sponsor relationships and sourcing channels to provide compelling risk-adjusted special situations financings in our Global Drawdown Strategy.”

“Tor is proud to collaborate with King Street and SOJ on funding for this significant project in Japan, which will continue the regional growth of critical infrastructure, developing the supply of sustainable protein with efficient use of resources,”said Sean Pepper, Managing Director at Tor. “This transaction demonstrates our ability to source and structure flexible private debt solutions for quality sponsors under our Tor Asia Credit Opportunity Fund platform with attractive returns and meaningful downside protection.”

“We are thrilled to partner with King Street and Tor to continue growing Soul of Japan and to complete the construction of its land-based salmon farm project in Japan,” said Karim Ghannam, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer at 8F. “This transaction is another validation of our strategy and its advanced implementation. We look forward to working with both King Street and Tor to supply Japan with locally produced Atlantic salmon and to further the expansion of Pure Salmon globally.”

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From 1st April, Yvonne van der Vorst will join Bejo’s Board of Directors as Director of Crop Management. This new position follows Bejo’s wish to give greater focus to the strategic development of its global assortment and positioning of crops. Managing Director John-Pieter Schipper: “As a result of the…

The Andalusian Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries, Food, and Organic Production Research, and Training (Ifapa) have begun work in Almeria to identify and quantify reptiles in greenhouses, an investigation that seeks to assess the benefit that these species offer producers, as well as their role in pest…

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Overview Description Chives are herbaceous perennials grown for their slender, hollow green leaves which are used as culinary herbs with a mild onion flavor. They typically grow in dense clumps, reaching around 30-45 cm (12-18 in) in height. The leaves are cylindrical, soft in texture […]

What humans see in a flower is nothing like the multi-stage sensory journey that guides insects to blooms.

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In Monday’s post I referenced the Balboa Park Club building, and shared a view of it from the side. Here’s the front of the building and the plants…

For a minute I thought it looked like the Dasylirion quadrangulatum (guessing?) was gonna bloom, but I think that’s just congested new growth.

I wonder if that pachypodium was set free from growing in a container like those I wrote about in my last post?

Behold, the Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden…

I swear when we visited back in 2014 this was called simply the Old Cactus Garden (as opposed to the Desert Garden which is in an entirely different area), but now it’s named after it’s original champion: “This historic garden was developed under the direction of Kate Sessions for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition.” (source)

Oh that banksia!

I wish I knew enough about banksia to give you a proper ID, but I do not. An online search said maybe Banksia ashbyi?

It’s pretty wonderful whatever it is.

I think it’s all sorts of fabulous when a blooming agave can be left in place to gracefully decline. 

There are lil pups hiding under the dying skirt.

Dry, dry, dry…

Somehow this opuntia still managed to bloom and set fruit, even though the pads themselves are shrunk and paper thin.

A healthier speciman.

That patch of agave… *swoon*…

What is it? I don’t know. I want to call it Agave filifera, but it seems that name has been taken over by a thin leaved plant.

Our trip was timed so it seemed most of the aloes in San Diego were blooming while we were there. Sadly I know very little about aloes, other than how to appreciate them.

It would have been rather alarming to be standing there when that large bit of palm blew down.

I wish opuntia grew woody trunks up here in Oregon.

We’ve walked on now and are heading through the Palm Canyon.