Mentor Works and Excellence in Manufacturing (EMC) invite small to mid-sized business owners and leaders in the Belleville area to an important information exchange and networking opportunity. Helping You Fund & Plan the Growth of Your Food, Beverage & Bio-Sector Business The session aims to inform Belleville area manufacturing leaders of the many small business…
Northern Ontario food producers and processors take note – a new government funding program has been announced to support the purchase of new equipment for your business. FedNor and Industry Canada through the through the Northern Ontario Development Program have provided $290,000 to the pilot effort of the SNAP program. The program will by run…
May 2016 Update: Please be advised that some qualification criteria have changed since this article’s posting date. To discover if your business is eligible to receive funding to hire a recent graduate, use our free Wage Subsidy Identifier tool. Grants are available for local, regional, and national employers to help facilitate the transition of young workers…
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced on April 22, 2014 the Canadian and Ontario governments’ continued support of Ontario’s horticultural industry through a $26.5 million investment in the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. Funding via Growing Forward 2 Federal-Provincial Territorial Initiative Funding for the research centre will come through Growing Forward 2, a popular five year…
The Province of Alberta announced earlier this month that the provincial government will set aside as much as $200 million from within the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. The funds will be directed to a number of causes including the expansion of grant programs to local applied research associations and to value-added product development and…
The Meat Industry is Canada’s largest sector of Canada’s food processing industry, and accounts for 10% of Canada agri-food exports while employing 67,500 people. “Meat” The New Realities: Innovation, Regulation, Education The Canadian Meat Council’s annual conference is the organization’s flagship event. This year’s conference is now accepting reservations online and by phone, and promises…
You’ve probably heard it before, but the numbers are worth repeating. The OECD Observer notes that the size of “the global middle class” is increasing at breakneck speed. In fact the number of people fitting into the middle class is expected to increase from 1.8 billion in 2009 to 3.2 billion by 2020, and up…
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced an investment of more than $3.7 million to benefit the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA) in order to help Oat producers sell a larger proportion of their crop in the global marketplace. POGA Receives Funding via Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) POGA will receive the more than $3 million in…
Highlights Included in AAFC’s Release Contrary to the contrary belief that weather conditions have been unfavorable, 2013 saw Canadian farmers produce a record grain crop in 2013. Average incomes earned by farm families is rising steadily, expected to top $130,000 in 2014 while the average net worth per farm is expected to hit a record…
With funding through the 5 year Growing Forward 2 Ontario program expected to exceed $400 million, Mentor Works is constantly building its knowledge-base of programs available to its agriculture and agri-food clients. Important Updates for Growing Forward 2’s Organizations and Collaborations –Project Implementation Organizations and Collaborations Project Implementation stream offers Ontario agriculture and agri-food SMEs…