Owner To Owner Podcast

Sam Marwood from cultivatefarms.com on farm matchmaking

Episode Summary

Sam Marwood co-founded Cultivate Farms to matchmake retiring farmers with aspiring farmers and investors. Sam talks about how they are making ownership possible for the next generation while also helping to underpin regional communities.

Episode Notes

Sam Marwood co-founded www.cultivatefarms.com which is a matchmaking service for retiring farmers and aspiring farmers and investors. Through this they are making ownership possible for the next generation.

It started because Sam's dreams of ownership were squashed when his parents said no, you're not getting the farm.

In the discussion we cover;

#smallscalefarms
the hidden dream of people working in skyscrapers who would love to own a farm and be a farmer
the process of matching those farmers and the importance of making sure your values are aligned, and getting to know each other
the growing number of retiring farmers out there who want or need to share ownership
the role of investors in #localfarms
the 80K farms out there
how the process of matching can be an amazing Lifeline to give retiring farmers the opportunity to 'age on farm', stay and be part of their legacy, even when they are slowing down a bit
bringing in or keeping young families in the community, their pathway to ownership and building their wealth
the prevalence and complexity of #legacy
how they are educating farmers on other options
dealign with the many farmers out there whose families don't want the farm
giving new hope to farmers that they can stay on their farm and realize their legacy, even when their kids don't want it
the relief for some kids he's heard so many times because "my parents really want us to have the farm and we just don't want it. We just can't figure out how to tell them that!"
#farmproductivity
the age of farm farmers getting older with the reality that as you slow down you're probably not pushing the farm from a productivity point of view, or even an environmental perspective
#agtech
#startup
how farmers across Australia are all entrepreneurs who will jump on opportunities as they see they're useful and, and viable
#goondiwindi
#sharefarming
#businesspartnership
#corporatefarmownership
#familyfarms
#regionalcommunities
#landmanagement.