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What is Impact Farming?

Impact Farming is an innovative online farming investment product that offers you a way to invest in alternative assets in South Africa to generate profit from real farming and renewable energy ventures. It gives you the opportunity to invest in a physical product on a sustainable farm, like a nut tree or a solar panel, and earn an income from your portion of the sale of the harvest of the operation.

We developed Impact Farming with a specific purpose in mind: to offer something innovative and accessible, giving investors a tangible connection to their investments. Traditional investment structures couldn’t provide this kind of transparency or connection, so we created an alternative asset class that gives you access to products that aren’t typically available in the standard investment landscape.

Not only does Impact Farming have the potential to deliver impressive earnings, but it also lets you diversify your investment portfolio with alternative investments that are good for the environment, communities, job creation, and – ultimately – your pocket. Now you can be part of impact investing in South Africa too! Simply download the Fedgroup App and invest in Impact Farming now.

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Why choose Impact Farming?

Benefits of an online farming investment

Fedgroup Impact Farming gives you access to tangible investments that generate income while making a positive social and environmental impact. This unique product offers you a simple and powerful way to grow your wealth while investing in farming operations and doing good.

Here’s why thousands of South Africans are choosing to invest in alternative assets with us:

Although Fedgroup holds numerous financial licences and offers a variety of regulated financial products, the Impact Farming product line falls outside these licences and is therefore not a regulated offering.

While Impact Farming is currently unregulated, the COFI framework is expected to be introduced in South Africa in Cabinet by late 2025 and enacted sometime in 2026, with a gradual roll-out thereafter. Under this new framework, Impact Farming will likely fall within the regulated environment. We’ve designed the product with those standards in mind, so it is already structurally aligned and ready for when the regulation takes effect. Currently, we apply the same stringent standards, due diligence, and risk mitigation to this offering as we do to our regulated products.

It’s also worth noting that this is a higher-risk product. If you’re generally risk averse or you’re not quite sure how Impact Farming works, it may not be the right fit for you. And that’s perfectly okay! Choosing investments should feel comfortable and aligned with your objectives.

Not exactly what you were looking for? Explore our traditional investment products.

Understanding Impact Farming

How Impact Farming works

Impact Farming is not like traditional investments. It’s a farming investment which means the terms and frequency of income payments are very different, but we’ve broken it down for you.

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Here’s how it works:

1

You download the Fedgroup App

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Choose your preferred Impact Farming product, add to your cart and check out

3

The product is farmed by professionals and harvested when ready

4

Your income and a portion of your purchase amount is paid into your Wallet

so you make your money back during the term rather than having an amount paid out to you at the end of the term.

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The total of all the payments over the term is projected to exceed what you initially paid for your product, generating a profit.

Once your product has been allocated to you, it is managed by our expert partners who handle everything from nurturing to harvesting, so no need to get your hands dirty.

They’ll tend to the product and harvest it when the time is right. Different products have different cycles. Some are harvested monthly, some are only harvested once a year, and some even have irregular cycles, producing a harvest in alternating years or only after they’ve matured.

Harvest periods are dictated by environmental and climatic conditions, which means they might not always happen at the same time every year and can shift as these conditions change.

Once the harvest is complete, the farmers sell the offtake to their distribution chains. When that’s done, the farmer has been paid and all reconciliations have been finalised, your portion of the sale of the harvest of your Impact Farming product is paid into your Fedgroup Wallet.

Unlike traditional investments, you don’t have to wait until the end of the term to start making your initial purchase amount back. A portion of your purchase price is paid back to you with every income payment until the full purchase price has been paid back. Anything you earn after that is pure profit.

So, you get to earn an income while making a positive impact!

The detail

How we make Impact Farming work

Diversification

This is not your typical investment and that’s a good thing. Instead of buying into regulated financial products, you purchase the right to earn a share of the profits from the farming assets. This means less market sentiment and more diversification.

With Impact Farming, you can choose which of the available farming products you’d like to fund and receive a portion of the returns generated directly from the farm, gaining exposure to commercial scale farming operations. As the farm thrives, so do you – it’s a unique way to diversify your portfolio.

Making an impact

The impact of a farming investment

Each farming investment supports green infrastructure, local farmers, and environmental sustainability. Whether you're housing bees or generating solar power, you're making a measurable difference in the world. In a country where job creation, food security, and energy security are critical issues, impact investing in South Africa isn’t just a win, it’s a must!

We take a pragmatic approach to creating positive impact on the environment, on people, and on the long-term profitability of the projects we support. For us, sustainability is not an ideological stance but a business reality: well-run, future-focused projects are naturally more cost-effective and profitable over time.

Unlike approaches driven purely by ESG frameworks or ideological agendas, our focus is firmly on commercial outcomes. We believe that meaningful impact and strong financial performance are not at odds, they work together. By investing in businesses designed to operate responsibly and efficiently, we enhance profitability while driving measurable impact.

Our impact so far
Impact Farming investors

18 000+

Impact Farming investors

assets bought

386 000+

assets bought

solar panels bought

44 000+

solar panels bought

job hours created

8 750 000+

job hours created

CO₂ emissions saved

31 360 000+

CO₂ emissions saved

litres of water saved

595 690 000+

litres of water saved

Start making a positive impact

How to invest in Impact Farming

Getting started with Impact Farming is simple! Whether you want to purchase your product online, speak to an advisor, or contact our team, we’ve made it easier than ever to access alternative investments.

As with all investments, it’s always a good idea to speak to a financial advisor before making any big decisions about where you place your money. If you are unsure, speak to your advisor or reach out to our team and we’ll answer any questions you might have.

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