Fannon is a veteran real estate sales representative with RE/MAX in the St. Catharines area and is the founder of Nature’s Hemp, a local business selling hemp-related food products. He is a former member of the Preservation of Agricultural Land Society (PALS), the Sierra Club of Canada, Fair Vote Canada and the Council of Canadians. In 2008, he ran for the position of Deputy Male Leader of the Green Party of Ontario, but was unsuccessful.