Webinar: Character Capital: FarmWorks – Investing in farm businesses

Hosted by: the New Farmers Initiative of FSC and FarmStart,

with gratitude for the support of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation

THURSDAY JANUARY 22 FROM 1:00 PM TO 2:00 PM ET

Description: FarmWorks Investment Co-operative is a Nova Scotian for-profit cooperative that allows community members to invest in local farm businesses.  Linda Best will share her experience of how FarmWorks was established and how they finance new farmers.  Christie Young of FarmStart will join us to help show the applicability of the FarmWorks model across Canada.  This will be instructive for anyone interested in farm and social finance.

Moderator: Christie Young, Executive Director of FarmStart

Speaker: Linda Best, Co-Chair and Treasurer of FarmWorks

Linda Best grew up on a farm in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia and graduated from Acadia University in 1966.  She has worked as a medical microbiologist, operated Alderbrook apple orchard, founded Frame Plus Art and served as a director of the Capital District Health Authority.  After moving to Wolfville, NS in 2002, awareness of food-related health issues led to research into potential solutions for the decreasing production of food in Nova Scotia.  She helped establish Friends of Agriculture, the Nova Scotia Food Policy Council and is a founding member of FarmWorks Investment Co-operative.

The powerpoint can be downloaded here (please note, that this is a 13MB pdf with lots of pictures.)

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