Food Processing Growth Fund
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The Food Processing Growth Fund (FPG) supports projects in BC’s diverse value-added food processing sector to scale up operations to increase productivity, business opportunities and competitiveness.
The Food Processing Growth Fund is a three-year, up to $20M, program funded by the Government of BC through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (AF) and delivered by IAF.
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BC’s food processing sector is the second-largest processing sector in BC (in dollar value) with over 3,200 registered establishments and $12.6 billion in sales. The Food Processing Growth Fund supports BC’s diverse value-added sector, targeting established businesses working to scale up to increase productivity, business opportunities and competitiveness. The fund provides support for established food processors’ scale-up needs, including new or improved equipment, physical infrastructure, specialized research and development expertise, product development, and new innovative processes and systems, business planning, resource training and technical expertise.
Program Objective
The objective of the fund is to assist funding recipients in improving their facilities, operations, capacity, and systems to increase productivity and support utilization of BC agricultural inputs.
Program Goal
To address gaps in BC’s food processing sector to increase food production and economic growth by supporting facility upgrades, new equipment, expanding processing capacity and training.
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.