Capital planning, funding, and hands-on support for ambitious projects with food producers and supply chain businesses.
Jake Ward
Jake leads Larklea’s financial analysis and transactional services. He has devoted his career to rethinking local food systems and helping agricultural businesses plan ahead. Jake is an experienced business planner, and has provided family offices and private foundations with due diligence, operations, and asset management for a variety of regenerative agricultural investments. He lives in Carbondale, Colorado.
Say hello > jake@larklea.com
Tad Cooke
Tad heads up our facilitation, funding, and project implementation. He has worked in food and farm operations, as a project developer, and with farmers, food businesses, non-profits, and family offices across the US to structure and secure blended capital — ranging from equity to revenue-based financing, private philanthropy, payments for ecosystem services, and competitive public grants. He lives and farms in Pittsford, Vermont.
Say hello > tad@larklea.com
