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What I do

Three ways in.

I work with three kinds of client moving on Canadian agriculture — capital arriving from abroad, lenders protecting what they hold, and the operators building on the ground. Different needs; one thing they share — someone on the inside who has actually done it.

01International capital

Capital from abroad, into Canadian ground.

For serious capital entering Canadian agriculture from outside the country. I find and vet the opportunities most outside investors never see, and structure the entry cleanly — through the ownership and review rules that catch foreign capital off guard. The money can come from anywhere; the company and the land stay Canadian. And I take a stake beside you, so the interests hold all the way through.

  • Sourcing & vetting — opportunities in the sector, read by someone inside it
  • Structuring the entry — ownership, and the regulatory review foreign capital has to clear
  • Alignment — a local operator invested beside you, not introducing and walking away
02Advisory to lenders

When a loan goes sideways, don’t fire-sale it.

For banks and lenders holding agricultural exposure that has turned. The instinct is to liquidate — often recovering far less than the operation is worth to someone who understands it. I advise on structuring the workout instead: assessing the operation honestly, restructuring where there’s a path, and finding the orderly outcome that preserves value on both sides. Forty years operating through hard cycles — including the BSE years — is the judgment behind it.

  • Workout & restructuring advisory on distressed agricultural exposure
  • An operator’s valuation — an honest read on what the business can actually carry
  • An orderly path that recovers more than a distressed sale

Advisory and structuring — I’m not a licensed insolvency practice.

Read more on distressed agricultural credit →

03Operators & founders

For the people building it.

My broad advisory work for founders, farmers, and companies building in Canadian agriculture — capital, growth, and structure, from someone who has built and grown real operations across primary agriculture, agtech, and food. Alongside the core, two dedicated lines:

  • Capital navigation & advisory — find, vet, structure, and back the right ventures
  • Farmer succession structuring — operators rarely protect their own interests in a transition; I help structure it properly, and early
  • Innovation & testing hub — grant-supported access to development and testing space for the startups I bring in

Not sure which one fits?

Start with a question — I’ll tell you straight where you’d land, before you ever get on a call.