Mama Earth Organics secures funding, merges with Farms & Forks

Mama Earth Organics, a direct-to-home organic food delivery company in the Greater Toronto Area, has secured undisclosed funding from Canadian investors InvestEco Capital and Renewal Funds. As part of the deal, Mama Earth will be combined with Farms & Forks, a direct-to-home organic food retailer that also serves the Toronto region. As of June, Farms & Forks CEO Michael Bernstein will lead the combined business, which will operate under the Mama Earth banner. InvestEco, a Toronto-based investor in the sustainable food and agriculture sectors, will name a director to the new company's board, as will Renewal Funds, a Vancouver-based mission venture capital firm.