Area One Farms

Agriculture

AOF partners with farmers who are seeking expansion to achieve critical scale. The firm's ‘partnership model’ allows Farm Partners to grow without the risk of debt, and with patient capital from a professional private equity partner. Investors benefit from higher returns, additional tax advantages (available to farm operators), and diversification of the sources of return.

AOF aims to provide investors with high risk-adjusted returns in the uncorrelated farmland asset class, while enabling growth and succession of Canadian family farms. The performance of farmland is unique to other financial products due to its relatively low volatility, low and negative correlation with equities, and consistent performance throughout economic cycles.

AOF forms meaningful partnerships that bridge the gap between agriculture and equity, offering institutional and accredited investors the opportunity to invest in equity partnerships with Canada’s farmers and farmland, and offering farmers the ability to grow their enterprises through land conversion efforts that have an eye toward sustainability.