(Growing the Future Podcast) – 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.

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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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