Black Earth Farming
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | 2005 in Russia[1] |
| Founder | Michel Orlov[1] |
| Defunct | 2019 |
| Fate | Liquidated |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Russia |
Key people | Richard Warburton (CEO) |
| Products | Land acquisition, farming |
| 231m roubles[2] (2013) | |
| Subsidiaries | LLC Managing Company AGRO-Invest |
| Website | blackearthfarming.com at the Wayback Machine (archived January 12, 2019) |
Black Earth Farming was a foreign investment-run agriculture business based in Russia. The company was registered in the British island of Jersey and operating as LLC Managing Company AGRO-Invest to invest and operate Russian farm land.[3]
At its peak it controlled more than 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi) of land in the Central Russian Black Earth Region.[2] Their business goal had been described as the acquisition of "cheap, neglected, but fertile land in the fertile Black Earth regions of Russia" by CEO Richard Warburton.[1]
It was sometimes described as a land grab company.[1][4] The company was liquidated in 2019.
