Bioenterprise FoodShift

Receive up to $50,000 in Funding for Clean Tech Projects

The Bioenterprise FoodShift program is an initiatives by FedDev Ontario that supports food & beverage processors integrate new clean technologies in their operations. The project must be conducted in collaboration with a clean technology provider.

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Funding Amount

Access up to 50% up to $50,000 of the eligible costs.

Eligible Applicants

Can be for-profit or not-for-profit corporations operating in the Food & Beverage Processing Industry that are incorporated in Canada and Located in Sothern Ontario with a minimum of $1 million in annual revenues.

Eligible Activities

This funding could be used to cover advisory, acquisition, and commissioning costs related to the new clean technology. The project must be conducted in collaboration with a clean technology provider.

Deadline to Apply

This program is currently closed.

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Bioenterprise FoodShift

Amount of Funding

Access up to 50% up to $50,000 of the eligible costs.

Bioenterprise FoodShift

Eligible Applicants

Applicants may be eligible for this funding is they meet these criteria:

Can be for-profit or not-for-profit corporations operating in the Food & Beverage Processing Industry;
Incorporated in Canada and Located in Sothern Ontario; and
Generating a minimum of $1 million in annual revenues.

A Clean Technology Provider may be eligible if they meet these requirements:

Can be a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation with proven clean tech application; and
Must help the food processor embrace automation in their facilities, reduce waste and energy consumption, significantly reduce their carbon footprint, and transition towards a net-zero future.

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Bioenterprise FoodShift

Eligible Activities

Funding may be used to cover advisory, acquisition, and commissioning costs related to the new clean technology:

Involve the adoption and integration of a clean technology at minimum TRL-8 or above;
Demonstrate the impact of project financing on reducing the applicant’s carbon footprint and/or transitioning to a green economy and net-zero future;
Project start date no earlier than June 10, 2022, and ending no later than March 31, 2024; and
Generate outcomes with significant positive benefits to southern Ontario including but not limited to, revenue generation, jobs created and maintained, attracting new investment, generating IP, etc.