Congratulations to Local Food Fund Recipients
Posted: December 15, 2014
Categories: GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Members
UPDATED DECEMBER 19th, 2014:
Last week, thirty-one projects from communities across Ontario received over $3 million from the Ontario government’s Local Food Fund to help make their local food projects a reality. Projects addressed a variety of needs, such as research, marketing and promotion, distribution and expanded production capacity to enter new markets.
We would like to congratulate four Sustain Ontario members that received funding in the latest round of announcements.
A Belgian blue cow. Credit: Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network.
- Everdale Organic Farm and Environmental Learning Centre received $21,400 to expand capacity to meet consumer demand for a new year-round vegetable delivery service.
- FoodShare Toronto received $203,000 to market and expand its Good Food purchasing and distribution program in Toronto, and to help other Ontario communities start or expand their own local food distribution systems.
- Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network received $55,500 to brand, package and promote Belgian Blue-White Cross beef from Prescott-Russell in eastern Ontario.
- Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance received $113,500 to grow and enhance its criteria-based Feast ON – Certified Taste of Ontario program with a Consumer Marketing Program, focused primarily on digital media. (See separate announcement from November 21, 2014)
Congratulations to these Sustain Ontario members, and other successful recipients!
Please note that the final intake for the Local Food Fund closes on January 16, 2015. Local Food Fund applications and guidelines are available on OMAFRA’s website.