Key Takeaways
- The FarmTogether Sustainable Farmland Fund, LP is now available on Alto Marketplace, allowing accredited investors to access U.S. farmland through a Traditional, Roth, or SEP IRA with a minimum investment of $50,000.
- The fund focuses on sustainable, income-producing permanent crops such as tree nuts and citrus, diversified across small to mid-sized farms in California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Upper Midwest.
- Farmland's inflation sensitivity and low correlation to public markets are cited as key attributes supporting its inclusion in diversified retirement portfolios.
- The portfolio follows sustainability practices aligned with the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard, an industry-developed framework for sustainable farm management.
- The partnership expands Alto's alternative asset offering as investor interest in real asset diversification within IRAs continues to grow.
FarmTogether Sustainable Farmland Fund Now Available on Alto Marketplace via IRA
Alto, a self-directed IRA platform providing individual investors access to private markets, has announced the addition of the FarmTogether Sustainable Farmland Fund, LP to its Alto Marketplace. Accredited investors can now invest in the fund directly through a Traditional, Roth, or SEP IRA, with a minimum investment of $50,000. The partnership brings together Alto's retirement account infrastructure and FarmTogether's farmland investment management platform to open U.S. agricultural real assets to a broader class of retirement investors.
What the FarmTogether Sustainable Farmland Fund Offers
The fund is designed to generate durable income and long-term capital appreciation through direct ownership of high-quality U.S. farmland, with a focus on permanent crops including tree nuts and citrus. The portfolio targets small to mid-sized farms in prime agricultural regions — California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Upper Midwest — with an emphasis on off-market acquisitions and disciplined underwriting. Sustainability practices are aligned with the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard, an industry-developed framework for responsible farm management.
“Investors who are thinking seriously about diversification often find that their retirement portfolios remain heavily concentrated in public markets. The Sustainable Farmland Fund provides a differentiated exposure via direct ownership of specialty crops such as tree nuts and citrus, with a focus on long-duration, income-producing permanent crops,” said Chris Loomis, Director of Investor Relations at FarmTogether.
The Case for Farmland in Retirement Portfolios
Farmland has historically exhibited inflation sensitivity and low correlation to public equity markets, characteristics that support its role in a diversified long-term portfolio. Alto and FarmTogether position the offering as a response to growing investor concern about concentration risk in traditional retirement accounts.
“Many retirement portfolios today are heavily concentrated in the same underlying companies and end up invested in many of the same stocks through different indexes, which creates a kind of herd mentality, leaving investors more exposed to correlated risk than they realize. Incorporating alternative assets like farmland can help introduce true diversification,” said Eric Satz, Founder and CEO of Alto.
