Board Members

Directors 2023

Charlie MacLean – North Sydney 1 – 2024 Chair
Keith Rudderham – Halifax 2 – 2024 Vice-Chair
Ginny Point – Black River 2 – 2024 Secretary
Linda Best – Greenwich Ex Officio Managing Director
Avila Coutinho – Windsor 2 – 2026 Treasurer
Barb Boates-Sweet – Halifax 2 – 2026 Assistant to Treasurer
Danny Martin – Dartmouth 1 – 2026 Director
Robin McAdam – Halifax 1 – 2025 Director
Robert MacEachern – New Glasgow 2 – 2025 Director
Murray Coolican – Halifax 2 – 2025 Director
Hana Nelson – Big Island 1 – 2026 Director
Lindy DeCoste – Halifax 1 – 2026 Director
Chris Payne – Halifax 1 – 2026 Independent Director
John Wray – Woodville 1 – 2026 Independent Director

Ginny Point – Secretary

Ginny Point has a long standing interest in agriculture and healthy food. It started years ago when working …

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Charlie MacLean – Chair

Charlie MacLean grew up in North Sydney, and spent many hours working in the family garden. Upon completing …

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Avila Coutinho – Treasurer

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

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Linda Best, Managing Director

Founding Member, Co-chair and Treasurer of FarmWorks,  Chair Friends of Agriculture in NS, …

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Keith Rudderham – Vice-chair

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

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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 …

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Joe MacEachern – Director

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

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Murray Coolican – Director

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

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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 …

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Hana Nelson – Director

In 2014 Hana founded Afishionado, a sustainable, transparent and Nova Scotian based …

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Lindy DeCoste, Director

Lindy grew up in rural Nova Scotia where, the youngest of five, she helped plant and grow the …

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Chris Payne – Independent Director

Chris Payne is a retired professional accountant (MBA, CPA) who spent 28 years working for the …

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Danny Martin – Director

Danny Martin is a well known local musician who has played the Trombone since he was thirteen. Besides …

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John Wray, Independent Director

John operates Tuckamore Acres with his partner Lauren and his two children at the foot of the North …

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Ann Anderson, Founding Director

Educator, Friends of Agriculture
FarmWorks is for me one way of helping preserve what I …

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