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FarmersMatch tries to help the rural community find love

Dating app is geared towards single farmers and rural residents

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

A new dating app geared towards farmers and rural communities is available for download on Apple and Android devices.

FarmersMatch functions similarly to other dating apps. When users come across a profile they like, they can swipe right to show interest or swipe left to move on.

Farmers need their own dating app because of the misunderstandings that can arise in rural/urban communication.

“When (farmers) use other dating apps, they all to often just encounter people who don’t understand or appreciate their (rural) lifestyle and traditional down-to-earth values,” Derek Ma, FarmersMatch founder, told Farms.com in an email. “Farmers and ranchers are busy. There’s always something that needs to be done.”

Living in rural communities also means there may not be the largest selection of potential partners, Ma said.

“Living in a rural area, meeting people can be a challenge,” Ma said. “Generally, farmers live in small communities where everybody knows everybody. The sparks don’t always fly with people you’ve known all your life.”

Ma grew up on a farm and, despite living in the city, still enjoys his rural roots. He developed the app out of his own interest in finding someone who enjoys the rural lifestyle, too.

 

“Naturally, my dream is to meet a great country girl,” he said. “Of course, living in a city, this is difficult, and that’s why I started to explore dating apps for farmers.”

Since its founding in May 2016, FarmersMatch has enabled over one million matches.


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