Harvest Returns Founder and CEO Chris Rawley on Crowdsourced Agriculture Investing and Veteran Entrepreneurship

Chris Rawley is the founder and CEO of agriculture finance platform Harvest Returns. Their platform allows investors to buy fractional shares of farmland (and timberland) in the U.S. (and abroad), as well as crowdsourced investment in grass-fed livestock and other agribusiness ventures, such as vertical farming and (eventually) aquaculture--and provides agriculture entrepreneurs access to a streamlined, flexible source of capital. This summer, Harvest Returns reached $5 million in global private placement farming opportunities, helping grass-fed cattle nd sheep producers alone to raise $2.5 million. What's more, this bootstrapped company is founded by U.S. servicemen. Chris Rawley is an active duty serviceman with the U.S. Navy Reserve, while the company's partner and COO was an officer in the U.S. Army for ten years. We discuss the outlook for agribusiness investing, as well as the unique skill set that veterans and active-duty service personnel bring to entrepreneurship.