Eliminate Exhaustion. Enable Systems to Distribute Responsibilities.
Feeling overwhelmed by managing the entire farm by yourself, with no time for anything else?
Join the Collaborative Farm Business Toolkit.
You will acquire the skills and frameworks necessary to create a strong team and reclaim your personal time.
The Toolkit for Collaborative Farms
A Farm Co-op is a Structure that can help you gain :
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- Personal Freedom & Wellness:
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Stop missing family time. Get the systems to take 2-day weekends, sick days, and a summer vacation.
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- Financial Stability:
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Implement clear, fair systems for profit distribution, membership equity, and wages.
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- Business Resilience:
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Benefit from the collective strength and shared knowledge of a resilient, values-driven team.
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Why choose us?
A weekly delivery service of fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
Sustainable living spaces promoting cooperation and work-life balance among residents.
Hands-on classes teaching nutritious meal preparation using ingredients sourced directly from our farms.
A farm co-op is a business model that can help you to reach these goals and achieve a more balanced lifestyle.
Shared Load
Reduced Stress:
Stop carrying the entire operation on your shoulders. By implementing clear governance, you share the massive workload, turning a solo burden into a shared advantage.
Time for Life:
Achieve a reasonable work schedule. Aim to take 2-day weekends for example! The co-op structure can allow you to finally take a summer vacation, sick days, or holidays because the team has systems to cover you.
Work-Life Balance:
A co-op can make it possible to gain the comfort, flexibility, and financial stability necessary to create a true work-family balance.
Business Resilience and Growth
Collective Strength
Benefit from the strengths and specialized knowledge of your colleagues, multiplying your farm's success beyond what any one person could achieve.
Fair Profit-Sharing:
Implement clear and fair systems for profit distribution, wages, and membership equity that build retention and commitment for the long term.
A Structure That Lasts:
Build a resilient, values-driven organization designed for growth, clear roles, and smooth succession.
Or if you would like to learn how to setup a farm co-op that thrives...
If you are curious about farm co-ops...
Join the Farm Co-op Academy!
We help you turn your vision of a fair, sustainable, and collaborative farm into a practical reality.
You will gain the concrete systems to share the load, reduce your stress, and build a resilient, collaborative team.
Your Coache's Commitment
My name is Fred Theriault, and since 2005, I have successfully run the Tourne-Sol Co-op Farm in Québec (now 11 members).
I now dedicate my coaching practice, the Farm Co-op Academy, to helping other dedicated farmers gain the structure they need to farm collaboratively, and continue living their dream, not sacrificing their life.
Stories from our clients
"Working with Fred was a unique and incredibly helpful experience.
The most important work we tackled was building strong communication and governance systems — the very structures integral to our shifting business model.
Frederic’s mentorship provided the experienced, fresh perspective we needed to realize our vision. We highly recommend this program to any co-op seeking clarity and structure."
Trey Dorn, Metanoia Co-op
Paid program: The Collaborative Farm Business Toolkit
Overview:
A practical, farm-tested series to help your team meet well, resolve conflict, govern fairly, and organize for growth.
Format: Live workshops with templates, toolkits, and office hours. Recordings included.
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Session 1: Effective Meetings for Farm Teams
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Session 2: Conflict Resolution in the Farm Team
- Focus: Prevent conflicts, address them early, and build a feedback culture.
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Session 3: Governance, Profit Sharing, Membership
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Farm Co-op Academy
2026 Course Package
Free webinar:
Start Your Agricultural
Co‑op 101
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Who it’s for?
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Farmers and prospective farmers curious about starting, joining, or transitioning a farm to a co-operative.
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What you’ll learn:
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- What a co-op is,
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- key benefits (risk-sharing, governance),
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- decision-making basics.
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Format: 60 minutes live including Q&A
7 St-Hyacinthe, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada, H9X 1Y1