Urban Barns Foods appoints Ned Goodman to Board of Directors

– CANADA, AL – Mr. Dan Meikleham, Chairman of Urban Barns Foods Inc. (OTCQB:URBF) is pleased to announce that Mr. Ned Goodman has joined the Company’s board of directors. In addition, Mr. Kevin Reed has agreed to step down to make room on the Company’s five member board.

Mr. Goodman has over four decades of investment experience as a securities analyst, portfolio manager, and senior executive. He is director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Corporation. He has an established reputation as one Canada’s most successful investment counselors, and is Chief Investment Officer of Dundee Corporation’s investment fund management subsidiary, Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Inc.

Mr. Goodman has a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst in 1967. In 1997, he was awarded a Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, by Concordia University and is Chancellor of Brock University. Mr. Goodman is founder and benefactor of the Goodman Institute of Investment Management–a graduate school for investment management at Concordia University. In 2012, The Goodman Family Foundation established both the Goodman School of Business at Brock University and the Goodman School of Mines at Laurentian University in honour of Ned Goodman.

About Urban Barns Foods Inc.

Urban Barns uses patent pending proprietary equipment to produce affordable vegetables in a secure and controlled indoor environment. By setting up subsidiary facilities and growing locally, Urban Barns can focus on supplying any community, irrespective of the regional climate, effectively reducing shipping times and related spoilage costs. Urban Barns has the unique ability to scale and cater to the demands of all major communities. Our commitment to our consumers is reflected through our motto, “Purely Fresh, Naturally Tasty, and Completely Healthy”. The websites www.urbanbarns.com and www.urbanbarnsfoods.com are registered trademarks and Cubic Farming and Cubic Agriculture are copyright of Urban Barns.

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