Advisors seeking an asset class with low correlation to the market need to look no further than one of Canada’s greatest assets – it’s land. Joelle Faulkner, CEO of Area One Farms, provides financing, private equity and growth capital to the farming community.
Investment model offers opportunity for farm expansion
“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.”