Food Affordability and Innovation Fund

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The Food Affordability and Innovation Fund supports approaches and collaborations at strategic nodes along the food supply chain to strengthen and streamline logistics, storage and transportation and improve access to affordable food, particularly in remote, rural, and/or indigenous communities.

The Food Affordability and Innovation Fund (FAI) is an up to $20M program funded by the Government of BC through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (AF) and delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC (IAF).

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The Food Affordability and Innovation Fund (FAI) aims to improve the affordability of food in B.C. through targeted investments in supply chains, food system innovations and partnerships. Specifically, the Fund will support approaches and collaborations at strategic nodes along the food supply chain to strengthen and streamline logistics, storage and transportation and improve access to affordable food, particularly in remote, rural, and/or indigenous communities.

FAI Programs

Food Storage, Distribution and Retail Program

The Food Storage, Distribution and Retail Program (FSDR) supports food system partnerships in BC to advance practices, processes, infrastructure, and collaborations that will strengthen and streamline food system logistics, storage, storage, and transportation and address supply chain bottlenecks.

FSDR

Small Food Processor Scale-Up Program

The Small Food Processor Scale-Up Program (SFPS) supports projects in BC’s diverse value-added food processing sector to scale-up operations to increase productivity, business opportunities, and competitiveness.

SFPS

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.