This program is a fantastic opportunity for your business to expand and thrive. It offers financial support to help you achieve your goals related to community food security and local market expansion. By participating, you can enhance your business's role in promoting healthy food choices, building community self-reliance, and fostering collaboration.

What You Get

• Funding for various activities such as:
  • Healthy food education
  • Food literacy training
  • Developing sustainable seasonal menus
  • Community fridges and gardens
  • Organizational events promoting local food
  • Professional fees and marketing initiatives

Why Apply?

• Government-backed funding ensures stability and reliability.
• Flexible use of funds for a wide range of eligible activities.
• Strengthen your community ties and enhance your business's reputation.
• Easy qualification if your business fits the criteria, making it accessible and beneficial.

By being approved, you will not only receive financial support but also contribute to a sustainable, local food system that benefits the entire community.

Type of Financing: Grant

Eligible Expenses:

• Healthy food education
• Food literacy training for foodservices and procurement staff
• Developing sustainable seasonal lunch menus for schools or early childhood centers using local ingredients
• Piloting food literacy workshops or course modules
• Establishing and maintaining community/school gardens, greenhouses, or indoor gardens (seasonal)
• Community fridges
• Community meals
• Organizational events promoting local food
• Materials, supplies, and small equipment
• Training delivery costs (e.g., room rental, training supplies, printing and photocopying)
• Professional fees related to the project
• Promotion and marketing initiatives
• In-province travel
• Facility rental (excluding spaces already owned by organizations involved in the project)
• Other reasonable project-related expenses approved by the program committee

Ineligible Expenses:

• Projects brought forward by individuals not affiliated with an organization
• Expenses not directly related to the project

Fees:

• No fees associated with the program

This program helps your business by supporting local food markets and improving community food security. You can receive funding to link farmers with consumers, promote good nutrition, and build community self-reliance.

You can use the money for:

• Healthy food education
• Food literacy training
• Developing sustainable school lunch menus
• Community fridges and gardens
• Community meals and events
• Promotion and marketing initiatives

Funding can cover costs like:

• Materials, supplies, and small equipment
• Training delivery
• Professional fees related to the project
• Travel within the province
• Facility rentals

This program is a great way to enhance your business while contributing to the community. It supports projects that ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious, and locally sourced food.