• Alberta Food Processors Association
  
  
• Alliance of Ontario Food Processors
  
  
• BC Agriculture Council
  
  
• BC Agritourism Alliance
  
  
• BC Angus Association
  
  
• BC Association of Cattle Feeders
  
  
• BC Association of Farmers’ Markets
  
  
• BC Chicken Marketing Board
  
  
• BC Food Technologists
  
  
• BC Goat Breeders Association
  
  
• BC Healthy Communities
  
  
• BC Hereford Association
  
  
• BC Livestock Cooperative
  
  
• BC Pork Producers Association and BC Hog Marketing Commission
  
  
• BC Sheep Federation
  
  
• BC Specialty Birds Association
  
  
• BC Turkey Growers and BC Turkey Marketing Board
  
  
• Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors
  
  
• Cattle Industry Development Council
  
  
• Cowichan Agricultural Society and Farmers Institute
  
  
• Food Beverage Canada 's Brand Promotion
  Provides support to agri-food exporters experiencing a market disadvantage
  as a result of competitor government sponsored programs. Currently
  accepting applications from companies for funding from April 1, 2005 to
  March 31, 2006
  
  
• Food Protection Association
  
  
• Food Safety Network
  
  
• Island Farmers Alliance
  
  
• Islands Heritage Livestock
  
  
• Local Farmers Market Society
  
  
• Manitoba Food Processors Association
  
  
• North American Institute for Beef Economic Research
  Economic Research Institute focused on identifying and prioritizing issues, facilitating and conducting research and providing widespread access to research results and information addressing important concerns facing the North American beef industry
  
  
• Ontario Independent Meat Processors
  
  
• Quebec Food Processors Association
  
  
• Saskatchewan Food Processors Association
  
  
• Small Scale Food Processor Association
  
  
• Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  
  

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
  
  
• University of British Columbia (UBC)
  

• BC Centre for Disease Control
  
  
• BC Food Safety Act
  
  
• BC Meat Inspection Regulation
  
  • Questions & Answers [pdf]
  
  
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  Recent Regulatory Amendments.
  • Enhanced Animal Health Protection from BSE: SRM Management Requirements
  
  
  
• Enquiry BC – toll free number to locate provincial government employees Victoria: 250-387-6121; Vancouver 1-604-660-2421; Elsewhere: 1-800-663-7867. Email: EnquiryBC@gov.bc.ca. To contact federal government employees, phone 1-800-O-Canada (662-6232).
  
  
• Federal Meat Inspection Act
  
  
• InfoBasket
  Your portal to agri-food information on the Internet.
  
  
• Mandatory Food Safety Enhancement Program (FSEP)
  Meat Inspection Regulations
  
  
• Ministry of Agriculture & Lands
  
  
• National Research Council (NRC)
  NRC is composed of over 20 institutes and national programs, spanning a
  wide variety of disciplines and offering a broad array of services.
  

• 2010 Commerce Centre
  
  
• Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food
  Successor to CARD program, aimed at positioning Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector at the leading edge to seize new opportunities
  
  
• Agricultural Co-op Development Initiative
  $1.25 million program to help ensure that farmers and rural communities can participate in and benefit from new opportunities in agriculture, especially biofuels production. The program has 3 components: technical assistance, promotion and education, and capacity building. For more information, contact Patti Givannini at 613-238-6711 ext203 or patti.giovannini@coopscanada.coop.
  Program Overview
  Application Guidelines
  Application Form
  
  
• Cattle Industry Development Council
  Cattle Industry Development Fund and BC’s Beef Cattle Industry Development Fund. Matching funds for industry wide projects to promote the cattle industry
  
  
• BC Healthy Communities Seed Grant Program
  Groups can apply for up to $2500 to support activities and processes that improve community health and well being. For more information, contact BCAC at
  1-888-356-0892.
  
  
• BC Ministry of Agriculture Industry Development Trust Funds
  Available for projects that help industry sectors to lead, manage and finance their own development, and to establish partnerships with other parties who share their development goals

• Beef Cattle Research Council
  Funding is available for projects that address these priority areas: Ruminant: Human Interface, enhancing consumer confidence in beef, improving profit margins for those in primary production sectors, improving knowledge of food borne illnesses. Projects with at least 50% leveraged support are preferred.

• Beef Information Centre
  Funding for marketing, culinary, information service or product development initiatives to expand the use of Canadian beef under thirty months (UTM) or over thirty months (OTM) of age. Contact Candice Stanoyev: 604-274-1002 or email: cstanoyev@beefinfo.org
  
  
• Biofuels Opportunities for Producers Initiative
  $10 million program to help Canadian agricultural producers develop well documented business proposals, and undertake feasibility or other studies to support the creation and expansion of the biofuel production capacity. Projects can receive up to 75% funding, to a maximum of $300,000. Letters must be submitted by September 29 and applications for eligible projects will be due October 27.
  
  
• Business Development Bank of Canada
  
  
• Canada Small Business Financing Program
  
  
• Canadian Agricultural Skills Service
  Funding to beginning and established farmers and their spouses to develop a learning plan and the skills required to reach their goals. It is available to farm families with incomes between $10K and $45K, and funding is staged according to income level.
  
  
• Canadian Agriculture and Food International Program
  
  
• Canadian Commercial Corporation
  
  
• Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services(CFBAS)
  Assistance for feasibility studies, business plans, credit applications
  Contact Lorne Owen: 604-666-3713 or OwenL@agr.gc.ca
  
  
• Canadian Integrated Traceability Initiative(CITI)
  $1.7 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for pilot projects to develop integrated approaches to traceability systems in the livestock and meat sector. AAFC will provide up to 50 percent funding, to a maximum of $150,000 per project. Companies, industry organizations or technical/research groups can apply.
  
  
• Canadian Rural Partnership
  Contribution programs to aid the development of local solutions to local challenges
  
  
• Coast Capital Savings
  Financing small businesses in the lower mainland and Vancouver Island.
  
  
• Community Futures Development Association
  Financing for business development.
  
  
• Dairy Marketing Program
  
  
• Export Development Canada
  
  
• Farm Credit Canada
  Financing available at conventional mortgage rates. AgriSpirit Fund provides donations to support projects in rural Canada. For information on the AgriSpirit Fund, visit the website.
  
  
• Farm Credit Venture
  
  
• BC Food Safety Initiative
  Outreach Element
  Implementation Element - funding is available to non-federally registered processors of food and beverage products in British Columbia to assist with costs of developing and implementing Good Manufacturing Principles (GMPs) or obtaining certification for HACCP and/or ISO 22000 food safety systems.
  
  
• Funding Sources for BC Communities
  Sources of funding and support for community development in BC, provided by the BC Rural Team, BC Rural Network, BC Healthy Communities and the Community Futures Development of Greater Trail.
  
  
• Industrial Life Sciences Fund
  Farm Credit Canada invested $50 million to create Avrio Ventures Limited Partnership, a venture capital fund to capitalize on the overlapping developments in agricultural science and industrial technology occurring in industrial bioproducts, food technology and nutraceutical ingredient businesses.
  
  
• Investment Agriculture Foundation
  Market & product development, employee training & development, food safety initiatives, strategic alliances & partnership development. Primarily cost shared funding towards projects that benefit the agri-food industry as a whole.
  • Aboriginal Agriculture Initiative
  • BC Organic Sector Development Program
  • Food and Beverage Processing Industry Initiative
  • Food Quality & Safety Initiative
  • Islands Agri-food Initiative
  • Livestock Waste Tissue Initiative
  • Small Lot Agriculture Initiative
  
  
  
• Livestock Waste Tissue Initiative
  • Situation Analysis and Solution Identification Program, and Assistance in Applying for a Ministry of Environment Permit Program
  
  
  
• Loan Loss Reserve Program
  
  
• Matching Investment Initiative
  
  
• Measures to Assist Industry in response to BSE
  
  
• Meat Transition Assistance Program
  
  
• Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund
  Federal, provincial and local governments are investing over $150 million for infrastructure products under the Canada – British Columbia Muncipal Rural Infrastructure Fund Agreement. The purpose of the fund is to improve municipal and rural infrastructure with the goal to ensure that communities are sustainable, competitive and healthy centres of economic growth.
  
  
• National Beef Industry Development Fund (NBIDF)
  Joint investment of $9.25 million by the Governments of Canada, British Columbia and Alberta to promote and enhance the competitiveness of the beef industry in Canada through funding research and/or development programs.
  
  
• National Research Council
  
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program
  
  
• Northern Development Initiative
  
  
• Planning and Assessment for Value-Added Enterprise (PAVE)
  
  
• Renewal Programs, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  
  
• Revenue Canada - tax credits for R&D
  
  
• Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) Program
  A federal tax incentive program to encourage Canadian businesses of all sizes
  and in all sectors to conduct research and development in Canada that will
  lead to new, improved, or technologically advanced products or processes.
  
  
• Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
  Funding program for technologies that provide clean water and soil solutions and continue to seek technology solutions related to clean air and climate change. A major priority is energy generation from biomass feedstocks, which may include slaughterhouse byproducts, mortalities and possibly manure.
  
  
• VanCity Capital
  BC-based investment firm specialized in growth financing.

• Western Economic Diversification
  • Growth Capital Program – Western Economic Diversification sponsored Loan Program

• Apprenticeship Incentive Grant
  
  
• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
  • Food Technology Program
  • Short Courses for industry
  • Online courses: Food Safety for the Plant Worker and Prerequisite Programs for HACCP
  
  
  
• Finding Employees – posting classified ads throughout BC
  
  
• Guelph Food Technology Centre Courses
  
  
• Hiring Foreign Workers
  
  
• Meat Force
  The Canadian Meat Specialists career and industry information resource, including job postings and links to training.

• Olds College Meat Processing Program, Alberta
  • National Meat Training Centre Initiative of Olds College to determine priorities for national training needs in the meat industry

• Provincial Nominee Program - an immigration program designed to allow BC to increase the economic benefits of immigration.
  
  
• Red Seal Program The Interprovincial Standards “Red Seal” Program (also known as the Red Seal Program) was established more than 45 years ago to provide greater ease for mobility of skilled workers throughout Canada.
  
  
• Thompson Rivers University Meat Cutting Program
  Contact: Ken Jakes, Coordinator at 250-828-5351 or kjakes@tru.ca
  Advertise your work opportunities to recent graduates by sending job description and expectations to Ken Jakes.
  
  

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