Scaling Successful Farms and Partnerships with Joelle Faulkner

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 worldThe relation Joelle has with farmers, having grown up on the farmThe unique way Area One Farms invests with farmers and partnersHow Area One helps farmers expand to exactly what they need for the future generationsWhy they decided to stay out of land flippingJoelle's thoughts and feelings on CarbonWhy growing more food is at the top of Joelle's listThe details of what an investment and partnerships look like with Area One FarmsMistakes that have happened in past partnershipsHow Joelle and Dan have worked together in the past, present, and plans for the futureWant to learn more about Area One Farms? https://areaonefarms.ca And if you want to be part of the Growing the Future community, make sure to say hi on social at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-aberhart-b36203b6/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/growingthefuturepodcast/Say hi to Dan: https://www.instagram.com/aberhartdan/ Also, don't forget to share this episode with your fellow Growing the Future trailblazers and subscribe to the podcast.