Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
Programs and Resources
- Animal Health and Welfare
- Broader Public Sector Investment Fund: Promoting Ontario Food
- Building Stronger Rural Communities
- Chief Veterinarian for Ontario
- Effective Organizations
- Environment Funding Programs
- Farm Business Registration Program
- Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program
- Food Companies Funding Programs and Support
- Food Safety Programs
- Growing Forward
- News Releases
- Ontario Market Investment Fund
- Pick Ontario Freshness
- Programs and Services for Ontario Farmers Factsheet (PDF Version)
- Retail Sales Tax
- Rural Connections Broadband Program
- Statistics
- University of Guelph Partnership with OMAFRA
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/infores.html
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/index.html
Rural Economic Development (RED) Program
Funding institution: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The Rural Economic Development program (RED) provides up to 50% funding support to projects in the food processing sector, community revitalization, and skills training, with a focus on job creation in rural Ontario.
Business Retention and Expansion (BR+E)
Funding institution: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). Your business can participate in and benefit from this community-based, volunteer-driven, economic development program that works to encourage the growth and stability of local business.
http://www.reddi.gov.on.ca/bre.htm
Agricultural Adaptation Council
http://www.adaptcouncil.org/
The Agricultural Adaptation Council (AAC) is a non-profit coalition of 66 Ontario agricultural, agri-food and rural organizations. The diverse membership of the AAC represents the agriculture and agri-food industry both regionally and by sector. The AAC was established by leaders from the agriculture and agri-food sector in 1995 to allocate federal and provincial government funding to support new and innovative projects to benefit the sector.
