Farming is Cool Again - Invest While You Can

There was a time when 90% of employment was in agriculture. Most of our attention was based on it. Imagine — the stuff that keeps us alive actually being a central part of our lives! Now media is calling weird computer money mainstream, and the food we put in our bodies is somehow an “alternative investment.” Food is an alternative? Make that make sense.

For the average person today, dealing with money definitely makes more money than dealing with food. So the average person focuses on it. In the meantime, the people who make sure we still have great food — natural, delicious and nutritious food without all the plastic preservatives and animal cruelty — are underfunded. This is a shame. This is a tremendous opportunity. Let’s talk about both.

The Problem with Food

The food was more nutritious as well. I came into the meal as hungry as a horse, but I only ate half a plate. Study after study has shown that you eat less when the food is more nutrient-dense. Your body’s not looking for calories; it wants nutrients.

I won’t even eat fish in the U.S. I don’t trust it. I won’t eat the bread here either, or corn, or chicken or anything else I’ve seen Monsanto articles on. (Monsanto got bought out by Bayer, and they’re dropping the Monsanto name. Watch out for Bayer.)

There’s a huge problem with food in so-called developed countries. Instead of 90% of the people feeding 10%, we’ve got 10% feeding 90% (and the population has 10X’d since the beginning of the Industrial Age). That 10% is all companies that must prioritize efficiency over nutrition because they are trying to fill a huge demand with fewer people.

Fortunately, enough of us are sick of eating gross food to turn this paradigm around.

The Opportunity in Agribusiness

AcreTrader is your way to invest in good food and make money doing it. The AcreTrader platform is set up to connect farmland initiatives with investors who are looking for great returns. Yes, agribusiness is bringing in higher returns than gold, AAA bonds, commercial real estate, and the S&P 500. Why? It’s a new investment. It’s hard to think of land as a new investment but think of it this way. Small farmers going up against Bayer, Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Kellogg’s with viable structures is a new thing. For quite some time, there was no money to be made in delivering quality food to society. Thanks to the power of the Internet and the Age of the Kickstart, now there is.

With AcreTrader, you choose what kind of farm you invest in. If you love fresh fruits and vegetables like me, that’s the farm you choose to back. If you have a problem getting quality meat, there’s an option for you. You play an active part in bringing good food to your table without needing to learn how to farm yourself. For someone like me with two left thumbs, this is a literal godsend.

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