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A New Offering from Meridian Institute

Systems-Based Investing Field Labs

About the Field Labs

The Systems-Based Investing Field Labs are for individuals who are mobilizing capital to advance the transformation of systems. This includes private wealth owners, philanthropists, and systemic investing thought leaders. The Field Labs bring these individuals together with local organizations and stakeholders who are working on the ground to drive systems change.

These multi-day, place-based, issue-based experiences apply systemic investing theory to real-world systems challenges. Convened by Meridian Institute, the Field Labs draw on our 25-year history supporting systems change and are designed to support a growing interest in the field of Systems-based Investing.

Upcoming Field Labs

  • October 2024: Minneapolis, MN, USA – Diversification of Row Crop Systems in the US Midwest 
  • April 2025: Maine, USA – Aquaculture, Coastal Change, Blue Economy 

If you’d like to learn more about future Field Labs, please complete the form linked below.

Field Labs Interest Form

Our Inaugural Field Lab in May 2024

In May 2024, we hosted our inaugural Systems-Based Investing Field Lab at Duke Farms in New Jersey. For the Field Lab, we brought together investors, philanthropists, systems change experts, and food and agricultural leaders from the Easter Seaboard and beyond. The four-day convening offered a highly collaborative, co-learning experience for individuals deploying capital to transform regional food and agricultural systems. The Field Lab was sponsored by the Doris Duke Foundation, Builders Vision, and the McKnight Foundation, and convened by Meridian Institute.

A group of people sit in a circle outside at a farm.
A large group of people stand in a field.
Two women and one man stand in an orchid greenhouse, looking up.
A woman holds out her hand showing a handful of seeds.
A woman sits in a boardroom, she's looking over her shoulder and smiling at someone behind her.
A man stands in a field facing a small herd of cattle.
A woman's hand reaches in, cutting a block of cheese on a table covered by cheeses.
A woman adds a post-it note to a whiteboard covered in post-it notes.
I think it's important to continuously understand what people are working on in different regions and how they could possibly work together, or how they can draw learnings from each other, and I think this experience is the most rich when it's happening in-person, in the field.
Jennifer O'Connor
Funders for Regenerative Agriculture

Learn More

The Field Labs enable private wealth owners, philanthropists, and systemic investing thought leaders to meet and learn from the individuals and institutions working on the ground to drive systems change. If you're interested in learning more, please complete the form linked below.

Field Labs Interest Form