Future cities depend on the future countryside

Environment alum, Kent Willmore (BES '94), is safeguarding the integrity of Canadian farmland for future generations. Faculty of Environment Farmers feed cities, or so the saying goes. But more than a snappy line it captures the reality of Canada where a few hundred thousand people diligently working the land put food on the tables of tens of millions of people across the country. Waterloo Environmental Studies grad, Kent Willmore (BES '94, Geography), knows this truth as well as anyone -  that the health of Canada's future cities will depend on its future countryside. It explains, in part, why he founded and runs AGInvest Farmland Properties Canada. This innovative investment company provides the seed money for a new generation of farmers to enter the industry. It's a calling, as well as a job, that comes naturally for him. Born and raised on a farm outside Chatham, Ontario, Willmore knew first-hand the rewards, toils and tribulations of working the land and he wanted to help others who yearned for that life.