SwarmFarm co-founder Andrew Bate. Source: SwarmFarm. I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately: Why have we embraced life and built our team in a rural area if we want to build a tech company? I think the answer is that we’re building the company for everyone. And we’re building it on the foundation of our farming roots and our passion for agriculture. We want to bring technology to real people, on real farms, and when we’re connected to the people we want to help, we’re closer to understanding who they are and what they need.