Name
Area One Farms
Description
Area One was founded in 2012 by Benji and Joelle Faulkner, siblings who were involved in growing their family farm to be one of the largest dairy farms in Canada. Area One was formed out of a personal desire to create new options for farmers to provide for intergenerational expansion of Canadian farms. Over the five years since inception, Area One has raised and invested over $250MM of capital, owns and operates 100,000 acres across Canada in partnership with top-performing farmers. They are currently raising Fund IV.
Area One’s team is comprised of experts and professionals with experience in Canadian agriculture and Canadian farmland investing, as well as investment management and fund management.
Our expertise includes:
- Acquiring assets and operating funds that are similar or substantially the same as those proposed to be acquired and operated by the Fund;
- Structuring, financing, and overseeing the management of funds; and
- Actively managing such assets and adding value to those assets.
Area One’s principals have been instrumental in building and operating various Canadian farming businesses, such as Sequin Farms Ltd., London Dairy Supply Ltd., London Dairy Farms Ltd., Mount Elgin Dairy Farms Ltd., ProRich Seeds Inc., and MP Agriproducts Ltd. They established Area One as a natural outgrowth of these prior businesses and began implementing their investment strategy in 2013. The Funds are outperforming their targeted return, to the benefit of the investors and the farm partners.
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