Agriculture Investing - Taking Food to the Next Level with Chris Rawley

Published: Dec. 9, 2021, 6 a.m.

b"Podbean HTML Code snippet:\\xa0\\n\\n------------\\nChris 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 with Blackbird Technologies.\\xa0 He has invested in real estate and income-producing agriculture for nearly two decades. Rawley is an angel investor in early-stage agriculture and food companies, including the Indian agriculture FinTech company Jai Kisan. He serves on the advisory board of the AgTech start-up AgroFides.\\nRawley is a Captain in the Navy Reserve, serving as the Reserve Chief of Staff for United States SIXTH Fleet, and provides oversight for more than 500 sailors operating across Europe and Africa. During his 29 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.\\xa0 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.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n[00:01 - 04:43] Opening Segment\\nGet to know Chris Rawley\\nWho is Chris and What is Harvest Returns?\\nReal estate and farming\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n[04:44 - 09:56] Agriculture Investing\\xa0\\nWhere do I get started?\\nAgricultural Financing Systems\\nWhat\\u2019s out there that\\u2019s worth investing in?\\nFrom wineries to elderberry farms\\n\\n\\xa0\\n[09:57 - 24:28] Taking Food to the Next Level\\nReturn of Investment and Cash Flow\\nEquity and Supplemental Debts\\nNot necessarily premium products but all way nutritious and delicious\\nIndoor Agriculture and Vertical Farms are Amazing!\\nChris talks about Hemp CBD\\nEvaluating similar investments from the outside\\nProjecting Commodity Prices\\n\\xa0\\n[24:29 - 31:26] Closing Segment\\nQuick break for our sponsors\\nGroundfloor offers short-term, high-yield real estate debt investments to the general public. Check www.passivewealthstrategy.com/groundfloor/ to get started.\\n\\nWhat is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?\\nHarvest Returns\\n\\nChris\\u2019s worst investment\\nIn Dot-com Bubble\\n\\nWhat is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?\\nRisk management\\n\\nConnect with my guest. See the links below.\\n\\xa0\\nTweetable Quotes:\\n\\u201cLike real estate, agriculture is local.\\u201d - Chris Rawley\\n\\u201cThe end product, it's high quality. The way it's grown, I think, is a little bit sexier than growing in a field and is certainly, you know, more sustainable.\\u201d - Chris Rawley\\n\\u201cYou've got to really have a handle on your risk.\\u201d - Chris Rawley\\n------------\\nConnect with Chris Rawley through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.\\xa0 Visit their website https://www.harvestreturns.com/.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nInvest passively in multiple commercial real estate assets such as apartments, self storage, medical facilities, hotels and more through https://www.passivewealthstrategy.com/crowdstreet/\\nParticipate directly in real estate investment loans on a fractional basis. Go to www.passivewealthstrategy.com/groundfloor/ and get ready to invest on your own terms.\\xa0\\nLEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to explode their business growth by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes"