
Board Members
Directors 2022
1 | Johanna Kwakernaak – Berwick | 2 – 2023 | Chair |
2 | Keith Rudderham – Halifax | 2 – 2024 | Vice-Chair |
3 | Ginny Point – Black River | 1 – 2024 | Secretary |
4 | Linda Best – Greenwich | Ex Officio | Managing Director |
5 | Avila Coutinho – Windsor | 1 – 2023 | Treasurer |
6 | Murray Coolican – Halifax | 2 – 2025 | External Relations |
7 | Aaron Eisses – Halifax | 2 – 2023 | Director |
8 | Robin McAdam – Halifax | 1 – 2025 | Director |
9 | Robert MacEachern – New Glasgow | 2 – 2025 | Director |
10 | Barb Boates-Sweet – Halifax | 1 – 2023 | Director |
11 | Dave Oulton – Windsor | 2 – 2023 | Director |
12 | Amin Tran, Windsor | 2 – 2023 | Director |
13 | Charlie MacLean – North Sydney | 1 – 2024 | Director |
Ginny Point – Treasurer

Ginny Point has a long standing interest in agriculture and healthy food. It started years ago when …
Joe MacEachern – Director

Robert MacEachern grew up in the Antigonish area and has moved back to New Glasgow with his …
Charlie MacLean – Director

Charlie MacLean grew up in North Sydney, and spent many hours working in the family garden. Upon …
Murray Coolican – Director

Murray Coolican has held leadership positions in not-for-profit, government, political and private sectors. He has worked in the …
Aaron Eisses, Director

I was raised on a dairy farm in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Growing up on the …
Avila Coutinho – Director

Avila immigrated to Canada as a teenager and was drawn to the big city of Toronto with it’s skyscrapers, transportation, theatre and …
Dave Oulton – Independent Director

David Oulton is a Hants County farmer who has been raising purebred beef …
Robin McAdam – Director

Robin McAdam has worked in business development for most of the past 20 years with a focus on renewable energy. He is currently …
Barb Boates-Sweet, Director

Barb grew up in the Annapolis Valley on a small hobby farm that grew strawberries, beans and apples. As a child, she …
Keith Rudderham – Director

Keith Rudderham, Lt.-Col., is a Point Edward, Cape Breton farmer and Commanding Officer of the Cape Breton …
Johanna Kwakernaak, Director

I am interested in the work of FarmWorks based on my personal experience and a strong belief that …
Linda Best, Founding Director

Founding Member, Co-chair and Treasurer of FarmWorks, Chair Friends of Agriculture in …
Ann Anderson, Founding Director

Educator, Friends of Agriculture
FarmWorks is for me one way of helping preserve what I …
CEDIF Program history and overview