Value
Maximum of $15,000Description
Producer – Develop New Products or Processes provides support to producers who wish to significantly increase their sales by developing new products or processes.
Eligible Applicants
- Producers who wish to significantly increase their sales by developing new products or processes.
- Completed GYFP Workshop and Action Plan Review within the last five years (or equivalent)
- Completed a business or marketing plan
Eligible Expenses
- Third-party advisory costs for product and process development activities, which may include:
- Regulatory review
- Ingredient, material or packaging sourcing
- Formulation development
- Process development
- Scale-up trials
- Shelf life determination
- Testing or analysis to verify and complement development process, including: nutritional, microbial, chemical, allergen or sensory/consumer
- Product physical testing
- Packaging-related activities, including testing to ensure compatibility with product
- Labelling development and design for marketing purposes
- Labelling development to ensure compliance with regulations
- Capital expenses and installation or configuration costs related to:
- Acquiring new processing equipment and technology in support of the development of new value-added agri-food/ agricultural products (including equipment to package and label products)
- Retrofitting or modifications of existing processing equipment and technology, and/or software systems in support of the development of new value-added agri-food/ agricultural products (including equipment to package and label products)
- First-time training of key personnel on new, project-related equipment, technology and processes (e.g., train the trainer) related to value-added agri-food/agricultural products
- One-time costs for rental of facilities, processing equipment, or machinery required specifically for the project
- In-kind contributions
Deadline Date
Please click the link indicated below for update.Contact
Contact Name: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Phone Number: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail Address: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca