Beef Australia events have long been hailed as the epicentre of innovation and business for the global beef industry. Nathan MacPhee attended Beef2021 with a seed of an idea for a beef business, but after a chance encounter with some industry leaders, the idea blossomed into what’s now a world first in farming investment through …
Seed to success, shaping investments in agriculture Read More »
Summers and watermelons seem to be made for each other. There aren’t many simple pleasures that can beat a sweet cold wedge of watermelon on a hot day. Perhaps it’s the colder weather, but we’ve been thinking about summers and watermelon here at IIF. We have come to realise that even though watermelons are ubiquitous, …
Beyond Water. An introduction to the many varieties of melon. Read More »
This year IIF partnered with the exceptional winemakers at Squires Winery to allow members to invest in the growing of wine grapes and the follow-on process of turning it into wine. Here’s a snapshot of the updates from Squires Winery over the growing season.
Saffron, giant bamboo and seaweed. The exotic crops that are the future of Australian farming – and future investment opportunities for IIF coop.
Take a drive in Australia during summer and you’ll see a common sight on dairy or beef or sheep farms – animals sheltering under the few available trees. With our climate warming every year, trees play a vital role in keeping temperatures down. The temperature under a tree can be 11°C to 25°C cooler than …
Limeburners Creek is a quiet tributary of the Hastings River on the New South Wales mid north coast. Near the junction of the creek and river, sticks mark the location of an abandoned oyster farm. Near the shore, rocks have been stacked to create a rustic landing. At low tide, these rocks are exposed. Amongst …
Derek and Jess live in an inner-city apartment. At 145 square metres, it’s slightly bigger than the Australian average of 137 square metres. But not a whole lot bigger. They don’t have kids. They do have a cat named Molly. So far, nothing out of the ordinary. However, it might surprise you to learn that …
We describe IIF as share farming for the 21st century. So, what exactly is share farming? And how does our version of it differ? The earliest records of a system of share farming date back to ancient Egypt, with sharecropping contracts dating from about 600BC. Under Egyptian law (and later under Roman law), a farmer …
How is this possible? History shows that some things, whilst not immune to recession, aren’t slaves to it. One of these things is food – and by extension, farming. In the past year, the ASX200 fell 4.6% and the NYSE fell 11%. Over the same period, food prices rose an average of 9%. Food is …
Agriculture fractional investment marketplace Invest Inya Farmer (IIF) has raised $1.1 million in Seed funding to give everyone to back the people who grow what they eat… Read more.
