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Biosecurity
Agricultural
Biosecurity Program
Eligible agricultural organizations are encouraged
to submit proposals for sector-level initiatives that will increase awareness
and uptake of biosecurity measures or otherwise improve the level of biosecurity
in their industry across the province.
Farm
Biosecurity Program
Poultry producers will be able to identify their
current level of biosecurity and develop plans to adopt new and/or additional
measures through educational workshops and a self-assessment exercise to develop
an action plan. Producers can apply for cost-share opportunities to implement
their biosecurity projects based on their action plan.
Business
Development
Agricultural
Management Institute (AMI)
AMI provides funding to agriculture organizations,
farm families, farm managers, and farm business advisors for projects that develop
business management tools, information, resources, and training. AMI also links
producers to the resources that are available and conducts research that can be
shared with the industry.
Business
Development for Farm Businesses
Farmers and farm families start by attending
the Growing Your
Farm Profits
workshop. The program incorporates self-assessment and action plan development
with a range of cost-share advisory services and skills development opportunities
to help producers reach their farm business goals.
Business
Development Project for Food and Beverage Processors
The Business Development
Project supports Ontario's food and beverage industry by encouraging the adoption
of best management practices. The project will conduct an assessment of the current
gaps and strengths; build awareness, identify needs, understand and address business
opportunities and threats; develop a sector plan that will lead to the adoption
of best management practices, and; develop, test and validate tools and resources
to assist food and beverage processors. The project is administered by the Alliance
of Ontario Food Processors.
Environment and Climate Change
The
Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan
(EFP) helps producers assess their farm's environmental strengths and weaknesses.
Through workshops producers will assess their needs and develop an action plan.
Farmers can apply for cost-share opportunities to implement projects identified
in their EFP action plans. To attend a workshop visit the Ontario
Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Canada-Ontario
Farm Stewardship Program - Growing Forward offers cost-share opportunities
to assist farmers in implementing environmental improvement projects identified
in their EFP action plans
Environmental
Stewardship Project for the Food and Beverage Industry
The Environmental
Stewardship Project supports the establishment and organizational development
of an Ontario Food Industry Environmental Coalition
(OFIEC). OFIEC is a coalition of food industry associations representing Ontario's
food and beverage processing and input supply sectors. It provides a "one
window" access point between government and Ontario's food industry for environment
and energy issues. OFIEC will be developing tools, resources and risk assessment
approaches, as well as conducting environmental benchmarking for the food industry.
The project is administered by OFIEC and the Alliance
of Ontario Food Processors.
Food Safety and Traceability
Food
Safety and Traceability Education (FSTE) allows agri-food organizations to
apply for cost-shared funding to provide Ontario food producers and processors
with food safety and/or traceability education and outreach. The program is no
longer accepting applications. The Agriculture
Adaptation Council delivers this program.
Food
Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI) provides producers and individual
businesses funding directly for costs associated with implementation of food safety
practices and traceability systems. Producers must attend an information session.
Currently this program is closed.
Innovation and Science Suite
Agri-Technology
Commercialization Centre (ATCC) assists entrepreneurs, researchers and existing
businesses to bring innovative ideas to market through a single access point for
specialized services.
Farm
Innovation Program
The Farm Innovation Program is open to non-supply
managed farm organizations and to individual farmers in partnership with commodity
associations. The program will provide funding for applied research projects and
on-farm demonstration projects that showcase innovative new on-farm technologies.
The Farm Innovation Program is delivered by the Agricultural
Adaptation Council.
Innovation
Forums
Industry, associations, research and government discuss actions
that can help sectors to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
Information and updates
are provided here.
Innovation
Symposiums
Symposiums are designed to attract private sector investors
in agri-based small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage the commercialization
of innovative products, processes and practices.
Science
Clusters
In Ontario, the Vineland
Research and Innovation Centre is a focal point for excellence in research
and commercialization in the horticulture sector.
Audience:
Farmer
Business
Development for Farm Businesses
Farmers and farm families start by attending
the Growing Your
Farm Profits
workshop. The program incorporates self-assessment and action plan development
with a range of cost-share advisory services and skills development opportunities
to help producers reach their farm business goals.
The Canada-Ontario
Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) helps producers assess their farm's environmental
strengths and weaknesses. Through workshops producers will assess their needs
and develop an action plan. Farmers can apply for cost-share opportunities to
implement projects identified in their EFP action plans. To attend a workshop
visit the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association.
Farm
Biosecurity Program Poultry producers will be able to identify their current
level of biosecurity and develop plans to adopt new and/or additional measures
through educational workshops and a self-assessment exercise to develop an action
plan. Producers can apply for cost-share opportunities to implement their biosecurity
projects based on their action plan.
Food
Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI) provides producers and individual
businesses funding directly for costs associated with implementation of food safety
practices and traceability systems. Producers must attend an information session.
Currently this program is closed.
Food
Processor
Agri-Technology
Commercialization Centre (ATCC) assists entrepreneurs, researchers and existing
businesses to bring innovative ideas to market through a single access point for
specialized services.
Business
Development Project for Food and Beverage Processors
The Business Development
Project supports Ontario's food and beverage industry by encouraging the adoption
of best management practices. The project will conduct an assessment of the current
gaps and strengths; build awareness, identify needs, understand and address business
opportunities and threats; develop a sector plan that will lead to the adoption
of best management practices, and; develop, test and validate tools and resources
to assist food and beverage processors. The project is administered by the Alliance
of Ontario Food Processors.
Environmental
Stewardship Project for the Food and Beverage Industry
The Environmental
Stewardship Project supports the establishment and organizational development
of an Ontario Food Industry Environmental Coalition
(OFIEC). OFIEC is a coalition of food industry associations representing Ontario's
food and beverage processing and input supply sectors. It provides a "one
window" access point between government and Ontario's food industry for environment
and energy issues. OFIEC will be developing tools, resources and risk assessment
approaches, as well as conducting environmental benchmarking for the food industry.
The project is administered by OFIEC and the Alliance
of Ontario Food Processors.
Food
Safety and Traceability Education (FSTE) allows agri-food organizations to
apply for cost-shared funding to provide Ontario food producers and processors
with food safety and/or traceability education and outreach. The program is no
longer accepting applications. The Agriculture
Adaptation Council delivers this program.
Food
Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI) provides producers and individual
businesses funding directly for costs associated with implementation of food safety
practices and traceability systems. Producers must attend an information session.
Currently this program is closed.
Innovation
Forums
Industry, associations, research and government discuss actions
that can help sectors to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
Information and updates
are provided here.
Innovation
Symposiums
Symposiums are designed to attract private sector investors
in agri-based small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage the commercialization
of innovative products, processes and practices.
Association
Agricultural
Biosecurity Program
Eligible agricultural organizations are encouraged
to submit proposals for sector-level initiatives that will increase awareness
and uptake of biosecurity measures or otherwise improve the level of biosecurity
in their industry across the province.
Agricultural
Management Institute (AMI)
AMI provides funding to agriculture organizations,
farm families, farm managers, and farm business advisors for projects that develop
business management tools, information, resources, and training. AMI also links
producers to the resources that are available and conducts research that can be
shared with the industry.
Farm
Innovation Program
The Farm Innovation Program is open to non-supply
managed farm organizations and to individual farmers in partnership with commodity
associations. The program will provide funding for applied research projects and
on-farm demonstration projects that showcase innovative new on-farm technologies.
The Farm Innovation Program is delivered by the Agricultural
Adaptation Council.
Innovation
Forums
Industry, associations, research and government discuss actions
that can help sectors to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
Information and updates
are provided here.
Researcher
Agricultural
Management Institute (AMI)
AMI provides funding to agriculture organizations,
farm families, farm managers, and farm business advisors for projects that develop
business management tools, information, resources, and training. AMI also links
producers to the resources that are available and conducts research that can be
shared with the industry.
Farm
Innovation Program
The Farm Innovation Program is open to non-supply
managed farm organizations and to individual farmers in partnership with commodity
associations. The program will provide funding for applied research projects and
on-farm demonstration projects that showcase innovative new on-farm technologies.
The Farm Innovation Program is delivered by the Agricultural
Adaptation Council.
Innovation
Forums
Industry, associations, research and government discuss actions
that can help sectors to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
Information and updates
are provided here.
Innovation
Symposiums
Symposiums are designed to attract private sector investors
in agri-based small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage the commercialization
of innovative products, processes and practices.
Science
Clusters
In Ontario, the Vineland
Research and Innovation Centre is a focal point for excellence in research
and commercialization in the horticulture sector.
Business
Agricultural Management
Institute (AMI)
AMI provides funding to agriculture organizations,
farm families, farm managers, and farm business advisors for projects that develop
business management tools, information, resources, and training. AMI also links
producers to the resources that are available and conducts research that can be
shared with the industry.
Business
Development for Farm Businesses
Farmers and farm families start by attending
the Growing Your
Farm Profits
workshop. The program incorporates self-assessment and action plan development
with a range of cost-share advisory services and skills development opportunities
to help producers reach their farm business goals.
The Canada-Ontario
Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) helps producers assess their farm's environmental
strengths and weaknesses. Through workshops producers will assess their needs
and develop an action plan. Farmers can apply for cost-share opportunities to
implement projects identified in their EFP action plans. To attend a workshop
visit the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
Farm
Biosecurity Program
Poultry producers will be able to identify their
current level of biosecurity and develop plans to adopt new and/or additional
measures through educational workshops and a self-assessment exercise to develop
an action plan. Producers can apply for cost-share opportunities to implement
their biosecurity projects based on their action plan.
Food
Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI) provides producers and individual
businesses funding directly for costs associated with implementation of food safety
practices and traceability systems. Producers must attend an information session.
Currently this program is closed.
Innovation
Forums
Industry, associations, research and government discuss actions
that can help sectors to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities.
Information and updates
are provided here.
Business
Development Project for Food and Beverage Processors
The Business Development
Project supports Ontario's food and beverage industry by encouraging the adoption
of best management practices. The project will conduct an assessment of the current
gaps and strengths; build awareness, identify needs, understand and address business
opportunities and threats; develop a sector plan that will lead to the adoption
of best management practices, and; develop, test and validate tools and resources
to assist food and beverage processors. The project is administered by the Alliance
of Ontario Food Processors.
Bio-Product
Processor
Agricultural
Management Institute (AMI)
AMI provides funding to agriculture organizations,
farm families, farm managers, and farm business advisors for projects that develop
business management tools, information, resources, and training. AMI also links
producers to the resources that are available and conducts research that can be
shared with the industry.
Agri-Technology
Commercialization Centre (ATCC) assists entrepreneurs, researchers and existing
businesses to bring innovative ideas to market through a single access point for
specialized services.
Innovation
Symposiums
Symposiums are designed to attract private sector investors
in agri-based small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage the commercialization
of innovative products, processes and practices.
Investor
Agri-Technology
Commercialization Centre (ATCC) assists entrepreneurs, researchers and existing
businesses to bring innovative ideas to market through a single access point for
specialized services.
Innovation
Symposiums
Symposiums are designed to attract private sector investors
in agri-based small and medium-sized enterprises to encourage the commercialization
of innovative products, processes and practices.
Growing Forward is
a commitment by Canada's federal,
provincial and territorial governments to support the development of a profitable,
innovative agri-food sector that is adept at managing risk and responsive to market
demands.
