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Mar 2024
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Impact & Income - Building The First Sus...

John Lee Dumas Of Eofire
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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.

Artem has over 10 years of finance experience in food, agriculture, and farmland. Prior to founding FarmTogether, Artem was employee number 1 and CFO/VP of Operations at Full Harvest Technologies, a now post-Series A B2B platform for buying and selling produce. He previously worked at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Sprott Resource Holdings, E&Y and PwC. Artem holds an MBA from The Wharton School, and a BA and MA in Economics from the Higher School of Economics.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Investing in farmland is investing into the planet, the future, and to the one thing that is unchangeable in our lives — eating and drinking water.

2. Investing in farmlands helps farming families and entrepreneurs expand cutting edge agriculture.

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