Farm to Fork Accelerator
This program is to provide entrepreneurs who may also be primary producers to create and curate food products to take to retail. This program equips primary producers with the knowledge, skills and networking opportunities to turn their recipes into retail-ready products.
Program + Learnings
Develop the skills and knowledge of how to turn a small-batch recipe into a scalable recipe for large-scale production, for retail sale
Increase understanding of principles of food safety and safe food production techniques
Explore opportunities for and application of sustainable food business practices
Understand the basics of the psychology of food branding, purchasing behavior, and best practices for building a food-specific marketing strategy
Learn the methods behind scaling a small batch recipe into a scalable recipe formulation
Understand and apply principles of food packaging and nutrition labeling requirements as per the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Entrepreneurs will leave with the basic knowledge to be able to finance, package, label, brand, and market their own food products.
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