Bringing Land & Stewards Together

Earth Asset is a real assets-focused firm that works closely with people who love land. Our mission is to help clients preserve and grow their land-based wealth in conscious and financially rewarding ways.

Our passion is educating and advising clients about participating in the establishment and evolution of a new agricultural paradigm, coined New Frontier Agriculture by Earth Asset and its collaborator LivingFuture Foundation. A plant-based, nutrient dense food system premised on sophisticated but time-tested farming techniques, New Frontier Agriculture represents a solution to the most challenging issues we face: escalation of chronic diseases; food scarcity; food security; climate change; environmental degradation; loss of biodiversity; and wildlife extinction.

New Frontier Agriculture could be one of the most important innovations of our time.

Landownership philosophy, land use choices, and land management  practices are the foundation to successfully transitioning our food system landscape to the New Frontier Agriculture model. Therefore, landowners are key players. That is why Earth Asset specializes in working with clients interested in adopting New Frontier Agriculture principles on lands they already own, or on lands they seek to acquire.  Earth Asset believes that wealth is most securely invested in land for the purpose of growing nutrient dense foods for two primary reasons: land is a limited, tangible asset; and food is a global commodity that will forever be in demand.

With our holistic skill set, Earth Asset uncovers creative opportunities and potentially costly problems not usually visible to most single-discipline professionals, guaranteeing Earth Asset clients great results.

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  • Farm, Forest & Development Scheme

    SVP FFDS Building on the analysis done in the Land Capability Prospectus the Farm, Forest & Development Scheme explores in greater detail one of the many exciting ways Smokeshire Valley Preserve can be used by its next owner: SVP FF&DS.

  • New Frontier Agricultural Land

    New Frontier Agricultural Land1 Earth Asset's article The New Frontier In Agricultural Land Investment appeared in the Nov-Dec 2012 issue of Jetset Magazine.

  • Vermont’s Best New Frontier Agricultural Land Investments

    Earth Asset represents the best New Frontier Agricultural Land assets currently for sale in Vermont: Teal Farm Center & Smokeshire Valley Preserve.

  • Land Capability Prospectus

    SVP Prospectus Discover the innovative ways this amazing Vermont land asset can be put to work for you: SVP Prospectus.

  • Land Conservation “Must Knows”

    Land Conservation Earth Asset's article Land Conservation is scheduled to appear in Issue 2 2013 of Jetset Magazine.

  • A Love Affair With Land

    A Love Affair With Land Earth Asset's article A Love Affair With Land appeared in Issue 1 2013 of Jetset Magazine.

  • Green Energy, Land Stewardship and Winemaking

    Land Report Winter 2012 NEW! The Land Report Winter 2012, the latest edition of The Magazine of The American Landowner, is available for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

  • World Wildlife Fund Project

    Total Asset Value Protocol As part of its work for the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Asset developed the Total Asset Value Protocol: A Methodology For Capturing The Triple Bottom Line. The work was noted in the WWF-Global Forest & Trade Network Quarterly.

  • Earth Asset’s Founder & Owner

    Shawn M. Smith Shawn M. Smith is an expert in conservation easement planning and valuation, a certified general appraiser, a licensed broker, an accomplished negotiator, and holder of a JD and Master of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School -- the nation's premier environmental law school.