Down on the Farm: Food as an Asset Class
Event Overview
Possibly the oldest investment sub-sector, farming is integral to live as we know it and, as we will see in this panel, can be an excellent way to achieve non-correlated returns for those investors who are looking at longer time horizons. Our panel includes a start-up founder, and farm investors from the fund management side as well as pension funds. They will discuss the merits of modern farming and how its return drivers might be affected by contemporary investment trends and challenges.
Where
Virtually via zoom
Speakers
Robb Nelson
CEO
Agriroots
Mohamad Yaghi
CEO & Co-Founder
Rakr
Kent Willmore
President
AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada
James Burron
Co-Founder & Partner
CAASA
Robb Nelson
CEO
Agriroots
Robb co-founded and is the co-owner and CEO of AgriRoots Capital Management Inc. Robb is a successful entrepreneur with over 35 years business experience growing start-up organizations in telecommunications, hospitality, finance, land development and housing construction.
Since 2001, Robb has been a practicing mortgage professional, founding principal, Broker of Record, and CEO of FamilyLending.ca Inc. where he has actively brokered private and institutional capital. Robb is a founding member with the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals and has grown a reputation to be a leader in lending within the Agricultural Industry.
Robb studied at the University of New Brunswick where he obtained his degree in Business Administration. For the past 20 years, Robb has worked with local government and the Chamber to promote the local area. He is currently a voting member for Chatham Kent Plan 2035 Advisory Committee and is the Chair of the Connecting2CK.ca Private Enterprise Committee.
Kent Willmore
President
AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada
Kent has over 30 years of experience in the agricultural field. He grew up in a farm family and has been buying and operating farms for his own account since 2001. In addition to his role at AGinvest, Kent is a shareholder of WR Detasseling Ltd. and Willmore Farms Ltd. Kent developed WR Detasseling Ltd. into Canada’s largest contract seed corn service provider, with its customer list including DuPont Pioneer, Monsanto, Pride Seeds, Maizex Seeds, Horizon Seeds, CL Seeds, Glenn Seeds and Syngenta Canada. Kent also established Willmore Farms Ltd., a farming company that produces crops on his personal portfolio of Ontario farmland. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor with an all-Canadian academic athlete designation.
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