Why?
What we do
Farmers’ Bridge connects, trains and inspires to help you
build a bridge to your farms’ future.
Start by knowing where you are now
Take 4 minutes to assess your situation currently. Start here
People-first approach
On-demand transition foundations and communication trainings at Utensil.ca.
Speakers
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Let us help you find the right people at the right time.
Who we are
Farmers’ Bridge was built to help farmers more efficiently and less painfully navigate through intergenerational change. Our trusted farm-experienced experts, can lead the planning process or be part of your multidisciplinary team of advisors. Our training and coaching help build better communication and decision-making processes. Build your farm’s future with people who understand succession and know agriculture.
Maggie Van Camp
Farmer, Co-Founder and Director of Strategic Change Loft32
Maggie Van Camp is Loft32’s co-founder, Director of Strategic Change and in 2024 started Farmers’ Bridge to help farm families navigate transitions and build their businesses for the future.
She is also CEO and owner of a family farm near Blackstock, Ontario. For decades, Maggie had an award-winning career as an agricultural journalist, notably as a senior business editor with Canada’s national agricultural magazine, Country Guide. Recently, Maggie was BDO’s National Director of Agriculture, where she led sector marketing and industry relations, revitalized the accounting firm’s social responsibility program, worked closely with business transition services and built a strategic organization of Agteams from coast to coast.
She is a well-known and trusted speaker, moderator and writer and a respected member of the board of the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame. In 2021 Maggie was named in the top 50 in Canadian Agriculture.
Meet some of our trusted stable of coaches, speakers and planners.
Resources
- Transition in Plain Language: All the terms you need to know to navigate succession and retirement.
- (285) Farm Transition: Turning Roadblocks Into Building Blocks Youtube – January, 2022
- A starting place: Do you know all the information you’d need to keep operating without your key decision makers? Here is The Because I Love You list that you can download and keep safe.
Elevate your business, your people and conversations on food and farming.