Description

In this episode of GTF, Dan chats with Joelle Faulkner. Joelle Faulkner is President and CEO of Area One Farms, an alternative asset management firm. She created a farmer-centric private equity model to simultaneously help scale Canadian family farms and deliver premium investor returns.

This is what you will learn in this episode: 

• How Joelle obtained multiple degrees studying all across the world
• The relation Joelle has with farmers, having grown up on the farm
• The unique way Area One Farms invests with farmers and partners
• How Area One helps farmers expand to exactly what they need for the future generations
• Why they decided to stay out of land flipping
• Joelle's thoughts and feelings on Carbon
• Why growing more food is at the top of Joelle's list
• The details of what an investment and partnerships look like with Area One Farms
• Mistakes that have happened in past partnerships
• How Joelle and Dan have worked together in the past, present, and plans for the future

Want to learn more about Area One Farms? 

https://areaonefarms.ca

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