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Invest Like a Boss

219: FarmTogether CEO Artem Milinchuk Returns to Talk Rapid Growth of Farmland Investing

Invest Like a Boss

Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz

Investing, Business

4.8 • 518 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

FarmTogether Founder & CEO,  Artem Milinchuk, returns to ILAB exactly one-year later to talk about their incredible growth as they approach nearly $200M AUM, as well as their commitment to funding sustainable and prosperous farming. Check out Artem's first appearance on Episode 172 to hear the basics and come back to this episode to hear about the advancements they've made since then. Johnny and Derek also discuss the challenges facing the U.S. food system, and of course, Johnny addresses the tense situation with him in Ukraine while Russia is in the middle of an invasion.

FarmTogether is a farmland investment manager powered by cutting-edge tech. For the first time, accredited investors have access to fractional shares of institutional-quality farmland, without the steep price tag or previously required farming know-how. Through the FarmTogether platform, investors are able to browse carefully vetted farmland investments, review due diligence materials, and sign legal documents, seamlessly online.

Artem has over 11 years of finance experience in food, agriculture, and farmland. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School, and a BA and MA in Economics from the Higher School of Economics. Prior to founding FarmTogether, Artem was employee #1 and CFO/VP of Operations at Full Harvest Technologies, a now post-Series A B2B platform for buying and selling produce. He previously worked at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Sprott Resource Holdings, E&Y and PwC.

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Time Stamp:

  • 11:29 – What has changed in the past year for FarmTogether?
  • 13:04 – Is it more profitable that all your deals are now certified and sustainable investments?
  • 16:48 – Is it a correlated asset with residential/commercial real estate?
  • 17:44 – Did the recent stock market hit affect the farm industry?
  • 19:15 – Can you describe some of the sustainable practices employed on your properties?
  • 21:11 – Is it possible to scale up regenerative practices used in small farming?
  • 25:45 – Can you expand on the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard?
  • 27:25 – How have you seen the alternate asset space improve over the last few years?
  • 28:45 – Have there been any deals that have gone full circle?
  • 30:55 – Do you have any foreign investors on your platform and is it still only available to accredited investors?
  • 32:27 – Can you talk about some of the previous funded deals on your platform, such as the timeline and returns?
  • 36:10 – Why do investors choose this asset class?
  • 38:46 – Can investors visit the farms?
  • 45:42 – Johnny and Derek Review

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks and I'm Johnny FD. We're self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multi-millionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash.

0:19.5

Hello, guys. This is Johnny FD. And I am in Kiev, Ukraine. Hey, Derek. How you doing, buddy?

0:26.3

I'm good, Johnny. I shouldn't be laughing, but it's been a, it's been eventful 24 hours for you. I think this is day two since the Russian military has actually landed in Kiev.

0:38.2

Obviously, you know, you're safe, but how are things otherwise?

0:41.6

Yeah.

0:41.8

So what's insane is last night we decided to have a, you know, shelter in place champagne party, right?

0:48.8

We invited everyone over.

0:50.0

It's like, you know, most people who have left Kiev already or Ukraine already,

0:54.0

probably half the

0:54.5

people had, and you had left. So I invited the other half over and I told them and all bring a friend

0:59.5

and that way we can all just kind of be together and, you know, in these kind of crazy times.

1:04.7

And we had a big night. I think we were drinking. I think we drank probably like 20 bottles

1:09.4

of champagne between like between 20 of us.

1:12.1

Like one each.

1:14.7

And, you know, I woke up super late and I checked my messages and had 99 messages when I woke up.

1:21.1

And that's when you know you have a problem.

1:22.8

Right.

1:23.1

Yeah.

1:23.2

Yeah.

1:24.1

Because that's the limit.

1:26.3

It says like 99 plus.

1:45.5

So it's actually probably like 100 or something. But yeah, and then I was like, all right, well, let's go see what's happening outside. And I did a live stream. Luckily, on the ground, things are, you know, relatively normal and quiet. They're very quiet, actually. But, you know, who knows what's going to happen the next way for hours.

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