Area One

TORONTO, Sept. 24, 2026 /CNW/ — Mondelez Canada Inc. (“Mondelez Canada”) today announced an investment in Area One Farms Fund V (“Area One Farms”), a Canadian farmland investment strategy that partners with growth-oriented family farms. The investment is intended to support Canadian farmers as they expand their operations, strengthen the resilience of Canada’s agricultural supply chain and advance locally appropriate regenerative agriculture practices. This investment was facilitated through the global Mondelēz Sustainable Futures Impact Investment platform, with impact investment firm Sagana, supporting the investment process from opportunity sourcing through integrated due diligence.

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Often, farmers have the expertise but not the funds to grow and improve their farming operations. Furthermore, the increasingly capital-intensive nature of farming deters younger generations from becoming farmers. By partnering with Canadian farmers to invest in land, inputs and equipment, and enhance the viability and sustainability of operations, Area One Farms Fund V is helping to improve farmland and farm operations, making farming a good option for the next generation

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“We are proud to invest in our Canadian farmers through a $15 million investment in Area One Farms. Farmland has shown historical resilience through multiple economic cycles and market disruptions. In addition to potential inflation-hedging characteristics, farmland can improve the overall performance of a portfolio due to its low correlation with traditional financial assets.

Our fund investment in Area One Farms includes 27 farm partnerships, supporting 46 farm families and sustaining 71 full-time jobs. The focus of the fund is to help farmers expand their operations in a stable, committed partnership. Profitability and capital appreciation created by the partnership is a win for both investors and farmers.”

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Canadian farms are fundamental to our nation’s economy, prosperity, and independence. There are an estimated 190,000 farms in Canada. They employ over 250,000 people in rural communities and support an agri-food system that employs over two million people, or one in nine Canadians. The agri-food system generates around 7% of Canadian GDP ($140 billion). Most farm produce is exported: Canada dominates global wheat, canola, mustard, flaxseed, lentils, peas, and maple product markets. Agriculture and food product exports amount to $90 billion a year, supporting our trade balance with the rest of the world and the strength of our currency. Canadian farms also supply the food we eat. Farmers promote environmental sustainability as they are stewards of biodiverse ecosystems, home to thousands of species.

Read the article in The Future Economy here.

“If what you need is equity for growth or a way to grow where you also own part of it, as opposed to building it on rented land, we are your very best option.”

Read the article from Country Guide here.

“I ended up with this idea of a true partnership that injects capital into the farm to enable growth while maintaining the land base control with the farmer,” Faulkner says. “The farmer still owns the portion of land he or she can afford, and any profit and capital appreciation that is created by the partnership is shared equitably by the farmer and the investor.”

Read the article from Country Guide here.

“Want to expand your farm for the next generation? Want to buy out some of your landlords? Want to work your way out of a difficult financial situation? A Canadian company called Area One Farms partners with producers to meet these sorts of objectives.”

Read the article from the Western Producer here.

Area One Farms provides growth equity for farm expansion. Area One Farms works with 25+ Canadian farm families to expand their operation to accommodate growth for their children, buy out parents, and complete land improvement projects.

Watch our presentation at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence Conference here.

Joelle Faulkner, Founder and CEO presented at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s Virtual Annual General Meeting last week, where she discussed Area One’s equity models for farm expansion in Canada.

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Joelle Faulkner, Founder and CEO sat down with the Growing The Future Podcast to talk about investing in, and supporting successful Canadian farms, and how the Area One Partnership model helps farmers scale and improve their operations sustainably.

Listen to the interview here.