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Pat: What do you think about the investment merits of the InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund? Thanks.

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Toronto-based InvestEco Capital is now launching a second InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund. These funds are limited partnerships that invest in small to medium-sized private companies in the growing North American market for natural and healthy foods. To invest in the fund, you must either buy $150,000 worth of units or qualify as an accredited investor. Generally speaking, accredited investors must live in Canada and have a certain minimum income or financial asset level. The first Sustainable Food Fund holds just five businesses: these include Sun Select Produce, which operates carbon-neutral greenhouses; Maple Hill Creamery, which uses only grass-fed cows to produce organic yogurt; 100km Foods, a distributor of local foods in southwestern Ontario; and Farms & Forks, an online food market for healthy food that delivers to homes across the Greater Toronto Area. The Sustainable Food Fund has appeal to environmentalists for its sustainable approach to food production. However, we see a number of sources of investment risk: For example, the private companies the fund…