Board Member

Degree: IFB (Agriculture)’13

Location: Canning, Nova Scotia

Susan graduated in 2013 with a dual degree in International Food Business from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Agriculture with a Bachelor of Agriculture and CAH Vilentum in the Netherlands with a Bachelor of Business Administration. This dual degree program offered

extensive international agriculture opportunities with a year studying abroad as well as two international internships, the first at a juice company in Den Haag, the Netherlands and the second in Ethiopia on a joint Post-Harvest Management project through Dalhousie University, McGill University and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Her career in agriculture started in the heart of Canadian greenhouse production in Leamington, Ontario. Upon returning to Nova Scotia she worked in the growing wine and viticulture industry in the Annapolis Valley until joining the Sales and Marketing team at Nova Agri, one of the largest fruit and vegetable farms in Atlantic Canada. Her work experience has been focused on the sales and marketing of fresh produce to major retailers, developing an understanding of the supply chain from field to fork and the agricultural challenges farmers face to meet retail needs on the shelf. Driven for growth, she has taken part in educational programs through the Canadian Produce Marketing Association to cultivate relationships and understand agriculture initiatives and innovation across the country.