Our History

Lucy Stauffer (L) started with one farm in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  She would pore over months-old classified ads and her copious notes to turn her one farm into many across the Midwest.  She focused singularly purchasing farms without homes or structures, just the vacant land.

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As she built her farms, her grandson Brent Centlivre (B) learned the process and assumed oversight of the farms upon her passing. Under his direction, LB upgraded to higher quality farms around the state of Iowa, including an organic farm.

Our Path Forward

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Brent worked for Disney for 27 years. In 2019 he expanded LB into acquiring vacant lots, in Brent’s home state of Florida, to sell to homebuilders enabling more people to build a new home and dreams.  LB Family Farms has completed 30+ transactions and seeking opportunities with partners. 

Our People

Our properties are farmed by some of America's finest farmers. Hard working, honest people whose tireless dedication to the land serves to feed their families and millions of people around the world.  

LB Family Farms purpose is to serve those farmers that serve all of us and help people to build homes in Florida.

Our Properties

Our farms and farmers serve these great counties of Iowa:

• Cerro Gordo

• Floyd

• Hancock

• Lucas County

• Kit Carson (Colorado)

• Montgomery 

• Palo Alto (Organic)​

• Florida

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We are seeking vacant land opportunities in Florida to grow our property presence in the State and serve families in a different way and help provide properties for those to build a home.