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3/15/2018 Marketing Matters: Consider creating a value added product | Fruit & Vegetable

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Marketing Matters: Consider creating a value added productA creative bumper crop solution

February 14, 2017By Cathy Bartolic

Joe Mullin describes the equipment andfacilities available to farmers and foodentrepreneurs at the Ontario Agri-FoodVenture Centre.The long, hot summer days of 2016 helped to create one of the best tomato crops Ontario has seen for a long time.Many farmers were faced with a bumper crop. So what can a farmer do with all those extra tomatoes?

If you live in or near Northumberland County and you are considering creating a value added product with some ofthe fruits and vegetables you grow, the stars have aligned for you.

Northumberland County and the federal government have invested almost $3 million in a new facility just outside oColborne. The Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) opened its doors in June 2015 with the goal of helpingfarmers and food entrepreneurs grow. It is a state-of-the-art, 15,000 square foot building that has all the equipmentnecessary to take your product from the field to the consumers’ fork. One of its biggest assets is Joe Mullin. He isthe person in charge of the day-to-day operations at the facility.

During a recent tour, Joe highlighted the centre’s dedication to helping people take their recipes to store shelves bysharing Dotty’s story. Dotty was in her late 70s when she came for a tour of the facilities a few months ago. She hadan old family recipe for BBQ sauce that she had dreamed of commercializing for more than 20 years. When sheapproached Joe after the tour with her idea, she kept saying: “It’s probably too late to do this now.” Joe guided Dottythrough the process of developing a label, choosing jars for her sauce and batching up the recipe. In just over amonth, she had bottles to take to local stores for them to sell on their shelves. Dotty did all the marketing legworkherself and is now supplying eight stores in the area.

The tour took us through the spotless, modern facility. The processing room, commercial kitchen and developmentlab are all available to rent at hourly and daily rates. Cold and freezer storage as well as dry storage are available atreasonable monthly rates.

OAFVC has a supportive environment where a farmer could work out all the kinks in their recipe and get a feel forwhat food processing is all about. The alternative is to invest in hundreds of thousands of dollars in equipment onlyto find out that food processing is not really for you.

For further information about this opportunity, visit www.oafvc.ca (http://www.oafvc.ca) .

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3/15/2018 Northumberland County

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Posted on Thursday March 09, 2017 Like 0 TweetOpen House Tasting at the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre

Cobourg, ON – March 9, 2017 – Join award-winning food entrepreneurs on March 21st as they showcase their delectabledelights at an “Open House Tasting” at the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre in Colborne. Take a ’taste journey’ through thecentre, learning how these entrepreneurs leveraged either the equipment and processing capabilities of this state-of-the-artfacility, or the resulting products, to form their creations.

Register for tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/oafvc-open-house-tickets-32472951472

Event details: Open House Tasting

Where: Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre, 116 Industrial Park Road, Colborne

(If using a GPS please put in the address 206 Purdy Road, Colborne)

When: Tuesday, March 21st, 2017, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

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Food Fun at the Ontario Agri-Food Venture CentreOntario Agri-Food Venture Centre, Operations Manager, Joe Mullin was on hand Tuesday night for

the open house at the 116 Industrial Park Road facility in Colborne.

“I had asked for an opportunity for our clients to come together, we talked about having a social meeting

and when we had our team meeting we discussed opening it up to the public.”

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Over 200 people attended the event that

included live music, no speeches and great

food tastings presented by 15 of the centres

clients. 

According to Joe, the centre has just passed the one year mark and it is doing well. It is a non-pro t

centre funded by 3 tiers of government and so is not expected to make a pro t. That said, given its

popularity it is due to break even in under two years from the date of opening. An accomplishment

that speaks to the foresight and creative implementation of Trissia Mellor, Agricultural Manager with

Northumberland County Economic Development, Land Use Planning and Tourism Department and

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Northumberland Warden Mark Walas and DirectorDan Bororwec

its Director, Dan Borowec who were the main

drivers getting the OAFVC up and going.

Multi -funded, the facility serves

Northumberland clients as well as those

outside of the County. “About 98% are

Northumberland people,” Joe says. The

remaining are within an hour’s drive. Although

the OAFVC has had clients from Sudbury and

Ottawa region, Niagara, Ontario.

The commercial kitchen has been booked solid for the past three months he says. April is 75%

booked at this point. He can see the facility going to a second shift “pretty soon.”

What are people producing?

“A lot of sauces, a lot of beverages. We expected a lot more farmers doing produce but because of the

drought last year it hit hard. .. We are thinking it is going to be much better this year.”

“One of our fellows here tonight has ve main hot sauces. He has won fourteen awards. Won an

award in New York City just a few weeks ago. He has done extremely well. He is in over 200 stores now.

Such as Sobeys. That’s before he won these awards. He is taking off like crazy. He had been doing sauces

for ve years. And he outgrew his current kitchen.”

He was referring to the tremendous success that PepperNorth run by Drew Stevens and Ana Stevens has

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content/uploads/2017/03/CBNow_OAFVC11.jpg)

Ninety to ninety- ve percent are rst time

food producers he says. The process of small food

production goes like this, “We sit down. Talk about

their dreams. What is it that they want to do. Once

we nd out where they want to go, we help them.

We bring in the resources … experts as they need

them. We have a chef on board. We bring in food

scientists as we need them. “

The facility helps with cooking, food

processing, labelling, labelling and packaging

including design.

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content/uploads/2017/03/CBNow_OAFVC10.jpg)Ac

cording to Jeremy Clarke and Joanna Bastas who

run Buddha Belly Bakery in Oshawa, “The facility

has been great. We started out making our Buddha

bars here. It was real easy to transition from our

place to here. It was real easy to get started out.

Which made it real easy to transition out. So now

we are in our own facility and we still come back to

have our labels done and printed for us. We heard

about the place through the Cobourg Farmer’s

Market.”

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same one-note red goop you have been using for years or go for the two-note slight improvement

that features one of the weird dudes on the label of bbq sauces these days.

But if you are tired of food boredom and want your tastebuds to live as I do at the highest level

of enjoyment, you could step up your game today.

Yes, welcome, my friend, to the multidimensional world of taste that comes inside each bottle of

Saucy Dotty’s Original Gourmet Sauce.

No kidding. Saucy’s sauce is like 3D for your taste buds. It is similar to the expansion of taste one

experiences when sipping a craft beer at Presqu’ile Brewery versus the letdown of a dull tailgate

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If Saucy Dotty’s Original Gourmet Sauce don’t get to you, the story of its creator will. Either way, you

are going to be a better person for knowing about Saucy Dotty’s Original Gourmet Sauce. So

pull up a rib, splash on some of Saucy’s Sauce and let me inform you of the salience of Saucy Dotty.

The story of the sauce’s creator, Dorothy Worobetz is a story is one of persistence and re-

invention. Dorothy has had more heart attacks than I have had crowns installed on my overused

molars. Yet they haven’t stopped her. She’s been a college prof at Loyalist and St. Lawrence

colleges in electronic assembly, the owner of a �eet of taxis in Picton and Belleville, a country

’n western bar owner as well as a restaurant owner in Welland Ontario. Head of the Brighton

Ladies Legion Auxillary. President of Brighton Probus.

She’s 77. That’s right. Seven of Seven. And still bringing it. Used to be a redhead she says which

explains why she is dogged, combative and determined. She went toe-to-toe with the Big C last

year. And still, she kept on going. That was when she launched Saucy Dotty’s Original Gourmet

Sauce. Worked through the pain. Literally.

Her latest adventure started quite innocently. During a tour last year at the Ontario Agri-Food

Venture Centre in Colborne, the group was asked if any of visitors had an idea for producing

something at the facility. The large setup in the industrial part of the town provides everything the

small producer needs to take a raw food item from �eld to a �nished, marketable product. Recipe

development, cooking, blending, freezing, packaging, labeling, etc.

Dorothy’s hand shot up. She had Aunt Agnes recipe for gourmet sauce that she has been turning

out by the gallon for friends and family for years.

It wasn’t long after that she was in there having put some of her savings up to pay for ingredients and

containers and everything else associated with the costs.

She along with help from her family and the

people at the facility started producing 35 box

batches. She has been back since then. Special

E�ects in Brighton, a furnishing and home

decor store at 85 Main Street has sold 22 cases

on its own.

It has been a good association with the OAFVC,

she says. “Without them, I wouldn’t be here…I

wouldn’t have done that..” But she adds, “I am

their poster child.”

At present Saucy Dotty’s Gourmet Sauce is in

12 specialty stores in Northumberland and Quinte. She likes to do tastings when she presents her

sauce on meatballs. She has had great success getting the word out about it.

“One bite and they are buying it. Of ten that try it, 7 or 8 buy it. “

“We are looking 4 litre bottles because I believe there is a very big market in restaurants and

bars.”

“It is sweet with a little bit of a bite. It is its own taste People are actually putting it on a spoon and

eating it. It is unique.”

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News Release

For Immediate Release

Northumberland Agri Food Fund Pilot Program launched with Eastern

Ontario Development Program Support

August 8th, 2017

Cobourg, Ontario

The Northumberland Agri Food Fund Pilot Program will benefit from an investment announced today in

Cobourg, Ontario by Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CFDC) and Kim Rudd,

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for

Northumberland−Peterborough South.

The Northumberland CFDC is pleased to support this local business development pilot program initiative with

an investment of $50,000 under the Eastern Ontario Development Program’s Business Development stream,

with a total project cost of up to $150,000 towards the launch of the Northumberland Agri Food Fund Pilot

Program. The funding investment will enhance the growth of the existing agri food business and is a joint

venture pilot program between the Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland, Northumberland

County, the Province of Ontario and Northumberland CFDC.

The goal of the Northumberland Agri Food Fund Pilot Program is to attract and support up to 10 projects

focused in the local business sectors of agriculture, food and beverage with business support resources and

micro-financing of up to $10,000 a project. This pilot program is positioned to enhance local effective business

startup and sustainability, support local supply chain opportunities within the agri-food sector and promote the

Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre.

Application intake is currently open, with active local interest underway.

Quotes

“This funding launches a new partnership project that supports both the agricultural community and our youth

through a dynamic collaboration, combining entrepreneurship and the best of our many local agricultural

resources. I want to commend the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre, the County of Northumberland, and the

Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland for always leading the way on exciting youth and

agricultural projects." - Kim Rudd, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and MP for

Northumberland−Peterborough South

“The Northumberland CFDC is pleased to be a part of a collaborative effort to support local supply chain

opportunities within the agri-food sector – not only to promote and cultivate local growth and talent, but to

contribute to future sustainability within our economy.” - Wendy Curtis, Executive Director, Northumberland

CFDC

“Agriculture and food entrepreneurs are innovation leaders in Northumberland. This collaborative effort is

another step in supporting and enhancing one of our core assets.” Dan Borowec, Director EDT

Northumberland County on behalf of Rob Day, Manager, Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Northumberland

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About Northumberland CFDC

Northumberland CFDC is an independent business development organization focused on supporting innovation

and entrepreneurship as pathways to economic development and diversification. Working in collaboration with

the fourteen other CFDCs of Eastern Ontario, Northumberland CFDC is driving the delivery of the CEDP

stream of the Eastern Ontario Development Program, an initiative from the Federal Economic Development

Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

About the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP)

The Eastern Ontario Development Program is a $48-million economic development initiative focused on

addressing economic challenges in eastern Ontario and taking advantage of innovative opportunities in the

region.

Kim Rudd

MP for Northumberland−Peterborough South

905.373.4595

[email protected]

Wendy Curtis

Northumberland CFDC – Executive Director

1.866.670.1191

[email protected]

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NORTHUMBERLAND - A contract position with Northumberland County’s Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) in Colborne has beenextended for another six months as the centre continues to grow.

One of those ways is through an innovative program with Loyalist College of Belleville.

County councillors agreed with the recommendation made to continue the contract by its economic development director Dan Borowec atcouncil’s most recent meeting.

When asked for details, county spokesperson Kate Campbell stated in an e-mail that “the contract extension is for the Innovation ImmigrationCoordinator position out at the OAFVC ...currently staffed by Chef Emilio Ojeda.

“Northumberland was previously successful in acquiring funds which supported the creation of a one-year, part-time contract position toenhance the economic integration of newcomers through the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre. There are now a variety of new opportunitiesthat have presented themselves for supporting this position, in particular collaboration with Loyalist College on the ‘Elevate’ program, and asettlement and integration project focused on food-preparation and training classes.”

The college connection is described in a county report councillors received.

“Loyalist is pleased to announce the College will work with local manufacturers to facilitate delivery of an adult retraining program thatcombines literacy and essential skills with job-specific training for the food processing industry. Elevate is a joint partnership with EssentialSkills Ontario and the Food Processing HR Council, designed to support vulnerable individuals who are unemployed or receive incomesupport. The program is delivered at no cost to students through Loyalist Training and Knowledge Centre (LTKC). Elevate is part of a pan-Canadian research project evaluating whether the direct involvement of employers in the design and delivery of workforce training for low-skilled adults can help sustain longer-term employment.

“Participants will attend six weeks of training, including 17 days of practical in-class studies and 13 days of on-the-job placement with one ofthe partnering manufacturers. The Elevate program is open to applicants with a high school diploma as well as those who have not completedhigh school and candidates who may have credentials from another country.

“The food and beverage processing industry is currently facing a skills gap, with at least 30,000 new positions to be filled over the next severalyears, according to Essential Skills Ontario.”

With the business immigration co-ordinator position vacant since November, 2016 due to illness, these duties have been handled by thisoversight contract position, it also states.

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Contract position extended at Agri-Food Venture CentreBy Valerie MacDonald, Northumberland TodaySunday, August 27, 2017 6:07:39 EDT PM

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October 6, 2017

ONTARIO GOVERNMENT HELPING GET MORE LOCAL FOOD ON ONTARIAN’S PLATES New funding supports Local Food Investment Fund project in Northumberland County

Colborne – To cap off Ontario Agriculture Week celebrations, Lou Rinaldi, MPP forNorthumberland—Quinte West announced that the Ontario government is providing theOntario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) with $32,400 in funding through the Local FoodInvestment Fund.

The support will allow the OAFVC to purchase a new automated liquid filling and bottlingmachine that will help increase productivity and allow local food entrepreneurs to meet thegrowing demand for natural fruit drinks, edible oils and other bottled product markets.

The OAFVC is one of nineteen local food projects across the province that will receive nearly$500,000 in new investments made possible through the province’s Local Food InvestmentFund, administered by the Greenbelt Fund.

“I’m proud to represent a strong community of innovators and entrepreneurs in my riding ofNorthumberland-Quinte West. Our government is pleased to be supporting the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre in their efforts to build a strong regional food economy and get morelocal food to people in Ontario,” said Lou Rinaldi, MPP for Northumberland—Quinte West.

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“Through the Local Food Investment Fund, our government is supporting Ontario’s boomingagri-food sector, to make it even easier for Ontarians to enjoy the good things grown,harvested and made in Ontario. This investment will help increase access to local food inNorthumberland County and help create good jobs across the province,” said Jeff Leal,Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

"The OAFVC is an important facility that allows local food leaders to test out their ideas andfind new and creative ways to take advantage of the terrific local food offerings inNorthumberland County,” said Burkhard Mausberg, CEO of the Greenbelt Fund. “TheGreenbelt Fund is proud to support projects like this one that are getting more local foodoptions onto Ontarians’ plates.”

“Northumberland County is proud to be investing in new equipment for the Ontario Agri-foodVenture Centre that will allow more entrepreneurs and local food innovators to develop andsell their local food products in the County and across Ontario. We appreciate the support forour project from the Greenbelt Fund and Government of Ontario,” said Mark Walas,Northumberland County Warden.

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About the Local Food Investment Fund: The Local Food Investment Fund supports farmers, agri-food business and non-profits to getmore local food on Ontario plates. In 2015, the Ontario government provided the GreenbeltFund with $7 million over three years to support initiatives that will help support theprovince’s local food strategy by enhancing consumer awareness and access to local food, aswell as generating demand and supply of Ontario foods and beverages. The investmentsupports initiatives such as the Local Food Investment Fund, which is a grant program forfarmers and other businesses along the agri-food value chain, broader public sectorinstitutions, and not-for-profits working to increase the amount of Ontario-grown andproduced food purchased and enjoyed across the province. The Local Food Investment Fund'sthree grant streams focus on enhancing local food literacy, increasing market access for smalland mid-size Ontario farmers and processors and increasing purchases of local food in thebroader public sector, such as hospitals and universities.

About the Greenbelt Fund: The Greenbelt Fund changes the way we eat food in Ontario through innovative investmentsthat get more local food onto the plates of Ontarians. We work with businesses, institutionsand NGOs to make Ontario’s farmers the first choice for consumers. The fund’s work hasgenerated a 13-fold return on our investments, permanently changed the food value chainand improved local food awareness and education around the province. As a not-for-profit,the Greenbelt Fund is supported by public and private sources.

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New nd Beginning F rmers Progr mming

Overview

While the average age of an Ontario farm operator is 55 years old, multiple generations

may work on the farm. Understanding the demographics of farmers in more detail will

help target programming and services by:

Age

Whether they have off-farm income (e.g. time of day programs are

scheduled)

Whether they have children (e.g. availability of child care)

Business interests (e.g. on-farm diversification, specialty crops, online

retailing)

Agriculture and food incubators/food hubs are cropping up across Ontario to support agri-

food entrepreneurs and fill infrastructure gaps for cold storage, processing, distribution,

and mentorship opportunities. The Ontario government should recognize the value that

these facilities bring to the agri-food sector to support innovation and entrepreneurship,

and it should be promoted to new and beginning farmers.

Many agri-food career opportunities exist, but they are not limited to only graduates with

agricultural degrees. Ontario needs a skilled workforce – tradespeople, students

educated in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, culinary

expertise, and other fields not typically associated with agriculture. Ontario needs a

concerted effort to promote the agri-food sector within other fields of study, and increase

recognition of the high-skilled, well-paying careers in the agri-food sector.

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OFA commented on OMAFRA’s Farms Forever consultation and suggested initiatives to

assist with their objective to “Support New and Beginning Farmers”.

OFA is engaged with the Incubation Acceleration Commercialization (IAC) Agri-Food

Collaborative steering committee to develop a coordinated strategy for organizations that

support agriculture and food start-ups and small business ventures with programming,

mentorship, incentives and small-scale infrastructure. The strategy will encourage a

coordinated effort to support innovation and entrepreneurship through hubs such as the

Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) and Food Starter.

OFA Position

OFA believes that new and beginning farmers should have access to programming that

assists them in operating a successful farm business. Business Risk Management

(BRM) programs have been designed to enable beginning farmers to take advantage of

these programs.

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How The Ontario Agri-FoodVenture Centre Helps LocalFood BusinessesFOOD With the help of the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre, local foodproduction businesses �nd it easier than ever to enter the local market.   

Getting food products into the marketplace can be time consuming and costly forsmall farmers and food processors. The Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) inColborne is working to change that.

E�ective and inexpensiveOwned and operated by Northumberland County, the OAFVC assists local foodproducers in getting their products onto the shelves of major food distributors andcommunity stores, as well as the menus of local restaurants and pubs. The centre o�ersaccess to food safety expertise, as well as a variety of services across the farm to tablevalue chain — processing, safety testing, bottling, packaging, labelling, freezing, storage,and promotion.

The centre operates on a pay-to-play basis — clients pay only for the time and servicesthey use — making it an e�ective and inexpensive way for local farmers and food start-ups to get their product marketplace ready. “Because we’re small time right now, wecan’t a�ord a professional kitchen to do all the proper testing ourselves, so this facility isjust perfect for us,” says Pete Bradford, owner of Canadian Vinegar Sellers, a craftvinegar enterprise that he and his wife Marla operate in Picton, ON.

Help in processing and promoting the productJoe Hayes of Popham Lane Farm in Brighton, ON discovered the centre shortly after hestarted growing blackcurrants. “They’ve given me a real hand in doing and promoting the

Buying Local Is The Best WayTo Support LocalThe Greenbelt Fund’s investment in OntarioAgribusiness helps not only the province’sdemands for locally sourced food to be met,but the economy too.

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product,” says Hayes, who freezes and stores his berries at the facility until he and hiswife Priscilla are ready to process them into jams, syrup, and sauce or sell to local foodentrepreneurs. “We’re now selling to a local distillery that makes cassis, as well asbeermakers, an ice cream maker, cider producer, and a lady using it in her gourmetmustard,” says Hayes.

Transforming the local economyThe high cost of processing equipment has prevented many Ontario farmers fromgrowing and selling hops, a key ingredient for the beer industry. With the centre’s recentpurchase of a hops pelletizer and processor, that barrier has been removed. Farmerscan process their hops there on a �rst-come, �rst-served basis and leave with a market-ready product. This has certainly helped local hops grower Brian Bickle, who was amongthe �rst to try the machine. He now has an exclusive contract with William Street BeerCompany, a 10- to 15-minute drive from his farm. “Because they’re using our local hops,it’s driving tourism to both their brewery and our farm and transforming the localeconomic development,” says Bickle.

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MPP Lou Rinaldi announced a signi cant grant for the Ontario Agri-Food

Venture Centre in Colborne, on October 6, 2017. (L-R: Bob Sanderson – Mayor

of Municipality of Port Hope, Kathy Macpherson – Greenbelt Foundation, Dan

Borowec – Director of Economic Development – County of Northumberland,

Lou Rinaldi, MPP – Northumberland-Quinte West, Mark Walas – Warden of

County of Northumberland, Marc Coombs – Mayor of Cramahe Township)

(Photo: Submitted / MPP Lou Rinaldi)

Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi is capping o Ontario

Agriculture Week with a signi cant grant to the Ontario Agri-Food Venture

Centre in Colborne.

The OAFVC is getting $32,400 from the Local Food Investment Fund, to buy a

new liquid lling and bottling machine.

That machine will increase productivity and allow local food entrepreneurs to

meet demand for various products like drinks, edible oils and other bottled

products.

The OAFVC, which o ers multiple services to help local food producers get

products to market, is one of 19 similar projects across Ontario to bene t from

$500,000 in investments from the Local Food Investment Fund.

You can click here to visit the OAFVC website and learn more about services

o ered to local food producers.

Why Grow Soybeans?Soybeans Have Been Proven to Have a Strong Financial Return for Farmers AcrossCanada. northstargenetics.com

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EMC Food, Beverage & Bio Sector Initiative: Interested inStarting a Business in the Food Sector?By Bren de Leeuw – March 27, 2017

The food, beverage, bio and ag industry is truly an exciting Sector full of growth and new development. It offers a breadth of careerchoices in any number of disciplines and for those with entrepreneurial mindsets, the opportunities are endless!

It’s a constantly evolving and changing landscape that provides career seekers engagement in a boundless variety of roles from field totable and for those seeking to start a business – limitless possibilities and a plethora of resources to enable success!

Entrepreneurs and food enthusiasts are dotted across Ontario and throughout Canada. People of all ages are excited about introducingsomething new to the table. This is a Sector full of growth and development, innovative products and unique equipment, intriguing rawmaterials sourced locally and around the world, and finished goods that adhere to stringent food safety requirements – so much so, that ina study conducted by the Conference Board of Canada in 2014, our Country tied for number one for our food safety systems against 17others. What a wonderful environment to consider exploring - one that is innovative and conducive to idea generation - with a breadth offresh ingredients ready at hand - and a market that embraces many different nationalities and customs, flavours and tastes!

As a budding Entrepreneur in the tea landscape, it was a pleasure to have my Mentee from the University of Western Ontario, join merecently for a special Workshop on Starting a Business in the Food Sector.

This particular event was hosted by the Small Business Centre in London. The focus was to help potential entrepreneurs, such as myfuture Grad, gain a perspective on the requirements in this Municipality to ensure the foundational success for starting such an initiative.

It is safe to say, there is a lot to learn – definitely much to consider – and most importantly of all – help exists through many differentorganizations such as the Small Business Centre, your Municipality, Economic Development, OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs), Sectoral Organizations and of course – EMC!

We had three excellent presentations that covered different facets of business start-ups – from Municipality requirements, to Health andFire Inspector needs, to labelling and packaging regulations with the CFIA. We learned about zoning, building, adding additions, and onthe Health Unit side of things we talked about a number of different inspection items and subsequent severity ratings and potentialbusiness impact. Our CFIA Speaker shared information on the Safe Food for Canadians Act, highlighted a great tool on their website todetermine Industry Labelling requirements, reviewed the ten priority Food Allergens, looked at the differences between Manufactured andRetail food requirements, and discussed the Food Safety Investigation Program.

This special Workshop certainly left three key concepts in our minds (I’m sure there are several more – but we’ll stick with three for now!):

1. Planning is key – think about where you are today as you create your business and where you want to be in five or ten years.Business plans are vital and can really enable your success.

2. Reaching out for advice, or to help with planning, is just an email or telephone call away. There are lots of community partners,sectoral organizations, consultants, government agencies, OMAFRA, and of course peer networking opportunities through EMCinvolvement to tap into.

3. Learning is ongoing. There will always be elements of your business that will require your attention: for example, the latest legislativeissues or certification requirements, or hurdles relating to product, people or processes. The key is staying abreast of these and beingproactive where you can. Embrace Workshops and Training Events that keep you in good stead in this regard.

It was great to see a full house for this session and to hear about the different types of food-oriented businesses that people areconsidering. Interesting approaches that I never thought of before which certainly makes you appreciate how innovative our industry truly

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is! It is equally exciting to see the number of young people, including my Mentee, eagerly embracing an entrepreneurial journey within theSector – this is wonderful!

Special thanks to the Small Business Centre in London for Hosting such an informative session!

There are a number of Small Business Enterprise Centre’s throughout the Province who would be happy to connect with you. To locateone in your area, the link following may be helpful in that regard: https://www.ontario.ca/page/small-business-enterprise-centre-and-community-based-provider-locations.

For additional resources, definitely check out OMAFRA’s website below to find general information relating to zoning, facilities, co-packers,regulations, health protection, insurance and labelling, etc.: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/industry/bdb-start/firststeps.htm

“The Guide to Food Processing in Ontario” is also on the OMAFRA site along with links to Starting a Restaurant or Catering Business:http://www.cbo-eco.ca/en/index.cfm/starting/how-to-start-a/how-to-start-a-restaurant-or-catering-business-in-ontario/

Should you wish to utilize a fully equipped commercial food processing facility, there are a number of incubators across Ontario that youmight check out. They may also provide training for Entrepreneurs to aid in the development of some general business skills you mayrequire:

Food Starter (Toronto) – www.foodstarter.ca Niagara Presents Incubator Kitchen (St. Catharines/Niagara Region) - http://www.niagarapresents.net/services-of-niagara-presents Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (Colborne) - http://oafvc.ca Two Rivers Food Hub (Smith Falls) - https://tworiversfoodhub.com

Finally, there is also the Government of Ontario’s Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) http://www.onebusiness.ca/starting-business

These are just a few suggestions – there are many other resources available.

Finally, in the spirit of learning, broadening perspectives and connecting with peers and Community Partners, we invite you to participate

in our next EMC GF2 Food Sector Networking Event on May 25th, 2017 at the Institute of Food Processing Technology in Cambridge,Ontario! This is an amazing facility in its own right with an 8,000 sq foot pilot plant equipped with beverage, baking and vegetableprocessing lines. At this Special Peer Networking Session, we’ll be exploring the current and upcoming regulations and legislative issuesaround “Packaging, Labelling and Innovation” with NSF International. We are also pleased to have Belmont Meats joining us to share theirjourney when it comes to marketing, product and packaging development and Raining Communications Inc. who will be providing aperspective on enhancing success in this arena. Definitely mark the date on your calendar, and come to network with others in industry,connect with key community partners such as the IFPT and our Guest Presenters and take in a great facility tour!

In closing, as I reflect on the information so willingly shared at the Workshop, the questions asked by participants, and discussions afterour session, it is really exciting to see the interest in creating new businesses within the Food Sector and certainly, if you happen to beentrepreneurial-minded, there are so many wonderful organizations and resources available to help you get started!

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As I celebrate my Mentees direction in this regard, please know there are many of us, who would be absolutely thrilled to watchyour journey and to see you grow and succeed too!

All my best,

Bren

Bren de Leeuw, Director - EMC Food, Beverage, Bio & Ag Program Canada Excellence In Manufacturing Consortium - [email protected] - 519-372-6009

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