Brent is the President of Farmers for Climate Solutions, a national farmer- and rancher-led coalition advancing solutions that help the agriculture sector prosper in a changing climate. He worked as a human rights investigator, election observer and journalist on four continents before becoming a farmer. For the past eighteen years he has run The New Farm, a wholesale vegetable operation near Creemore, Ontario, with his wife, Gillian. The farm supplies specialty retail stores and some of the best restaurants in Canada. In 2024, Brent and Gillian transformed their farm business into the New Farm Centre, a registered charity dedicated to developing, demonstrating and advocating for a regenerative farming system.
