Food Storage, Distribution and Retail Program
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The Food Storage, Distribution and Retail Program supports food system partnerships in BC to advance practices, processes, infrastructure, and collaborations that will strengthen and streamline food system logistics, storage, and transportation and address supply chain bottlenecks.
The Food Storage, Distribution and Retail Program (FSDR) is an up to $15M 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 FSDR program is under the Food Affordability and Innovation Fund (FAI), an up to $20M fund. FAI aims to improve the affordability of food in BC 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. Learn more about FAI.
Program Objective
- Improve and enhance food aggregation, storage, and distribution.
- Improve infrastructure and supply chain logistics within BC’s food system.
- Improve the supply of food to rural, remote, and/or Indigenous communities.
- Increase access to affordable food for British Columbians.
Program Goal
To support food systems partnerships in BC to advance practices, processes, infrastructure, and collaborations that will strengthen and streamline food system logistics, storage, and transportation and address supply chain bottlenecks.
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.