Accessing Funding for Your Agri-Food Business
Join us for a Lunch & Learn session on Accessing Funding for Your Agri-Food Business with Sally Miller, Exec Director of Fair Finance Fund. This engaging workshop is designed to provide Agri-food businesses high-level insight into the funding landscape and funding options as well as a walkthrough on Fair Finance Fund's offerings, eligibility criteria and process.
Whether you’re looking to access funding for your start-up costs, equipment or expansion activities, Fair Finance Fund provides non-traditional character-based loans that supports local Agri-food businesses and the circular economy across Ontario.
About our Speaker:
Sally Miller has has worked in sustainable food and agriculture management, development and research for non-profits and co-ops for over thirty years, including the Local Food and Farm Co-ops, Toronto Public Health, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Natural Food Co-op, Organic Meadow, Fourth Pig Worker Co-op, West End Food Co-op in Canada, and Finger Lakes Organic Growers’ Co-op in the U.S. She has been on various Boards, including the board of the Ontario Co-operative Association, and Greenest City. Her publications include Edible Action: Food Activism and Alternative Economics (Fernwood 2008); and Belongings: The Fight for Land and Food (Fernwood 2016) and numerous research reports.
About BEA:
Black Entrepreneurship Alliance (BEA) is a Black-led initiative to amplify and advance the next generation of Black entrepreneurs. The BEA gives Black entrepreneurs and professionals access to fully funded programs and partnerships to launch successful ventures.