208 Randal Breen – How a first generation farmer uses holistic investment to double the farm

A conversation with Randal Breen, a first-generation farmer in Australia who managed to double their farm with a very innovative financing structure. We talk about investing holistically, non-flexible lease, ecological and social debt payments and more. Randal, Juanita, Eli & Bridey Breen run Echo Valley Farm.

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Chapters

• 2:17 Why are you doing what you are doing? Why Soil?
• 33:39 Why double and buy the neighbour?
• 43:40 What is a holistic investment, how did you buy your neighbour?
• 55:00 What should smart investors, who want to invest in reg ag and food look out for?
• 57:15 What would you do if you were in charge of a 1B investment portfolio tomorrow morning?
• 1:00:10 What do you believe is true about regenerative agriculture that others don’t believe to be true? Inspired by John Kempf
• 1:01:32 If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in the agriculture industry from a sustainability point of view, what would it be?