Portfolio Diversification via Agricultural Investing
w/ Chris Rawley
While visiting a farm investment in Central America in 2016, Chris Rawley, Founder and CEO of Harvest Returns, conceived the idea of building a crowdfunding platform to streamline agriculture investments. He soon founded Harvest Returns to bring that vision to reality. Not only does the platform bring investors passive investments in real assets that better connect them with our food system, but it also gives family farmers a way to raise capital to remain competitive in an industry that's often overlooked.
Rawley has held corporate management roles in Jones Lang LaSalle, Electronic Data Systems, L-3 Communications, and served as a defense consultant at Special Operations Command headquarters with Blackbird Technologies. He has invested in real estate and income-producing agriculture for nearly two decades.
As a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve, Rawley is Chief of Staff for the Naval Reserve Surface Forces, helping to oversee 3,800 sailors supporting fleet units around the world. During his 26 year military career, Rawley has filled a variety of leadership positions in naval, expeditionary, and joint special operations units afloat and ashore. He has deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Western Pacific. Rawley has a degree from Texas A&M University, earned an MBA at George Washington University, and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College."
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
1. Agricultural investing 2. Tips on being competitive in your field and in industry 3. Technique of being a leader 4. Tips on bringing vision to reality 5. What is sustainable agriculture
Quotes:
“ To enable people to invest passively in income producing agriculture for smaller minimum: “ It’s really difficult as an investment to access if you want to get into Agriculture - before, the best way to go was to buy a farm “ “ We like to get creative and produce projects that very low risk return profile for investors” “ When I say an asset, It doesn't have to be a like kind asset” “ a Big part of what do we is education”
