COVID-19 Supports for Agriculture, Agri-Food and Food Processing

Are you a producer or processor affected by COVID-19? You may be eligible for financing as well as other free supports and resources. Be sure to check out the full list of business resources here!

Financial Supports

• Agri-Food Workplace Protection Program - Producers - OMAFRA

• Agri-Food Workplace Protection Program - Provincially Licensed Meat Processors - OMAFRA

• AgriStability - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• AgriInvest - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• Risk Management Program - Agricorp 

• Farm Credit Canada Response to COVID-19

• Advanced Payments Program - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 

• Government of Canada is announcing $50 million to help farmers, fish harvesters, and all food production and processing employers, put in place the measures necessary to follow the mandatory 14-day isolation period required of all workers arriving from abroad. 

• Agri-Food Open for E-Business - Targeted Intake - OMAFRA - intake currently paused as of May 25th 

• Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• AgriRecovery (cattle and hog)  - more information to come

• Update to CEBA: More farms are now eligible for funding 

• Emergency Processing Fund - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• District Ventures Fund -  FCC & Forage Capital

Resources

• The AgriHR Toolkit - CAHRC (use code COVID-19)

• Information and Tips on COVID-19 - CAHRC

• AgriJobs - CAHRC

• Information and Resources - OFA

• Managing farm stress during COVID-19 - OFA

• Agriculture and food jobs in Ontario - Apply for agriculture, agri-food and food industry jobs to support the response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) 

• Resources on COVID-19 - Canadian Federation of Agriculture

• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - Information for Industry - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• Free Food Safety Training - Agriculture and Food Education

• Guide to Operating your Essential Farm Business during COVID-19 - OFA

• Crisis Management Tools by Farm Life via OFA

• Guidance for Temporary Foreign Workers - Ministry of Health

• COVID-19 and Ontario's Fruit and Vegetable Sector - OFVGA

• News Release: Keeping Canadians and workers in the food supply chain safe:

• A Guide for Direct Sales to Consumers during COVID-19 and Beyond - OFA

• Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• Best Practices for Employers - OFVGA

• Infection Control and Prevention Policy, Guidelines for Tender Fruit Packhouse Operations  - Ontario Tender Fruit Growers

• COVID-19 Guidance for Food Premises - Ministry of Health

• Coronavirus: no evidence that food is a source or transmission route - EFSA

• CFIA information for industry

• Managing the Virtual Workplace (free) - Canadian Food Processors Institute

• National Sanitation Training Program (free) - Canadian Food Processors Institute

• FCPC releases COVID-19 Operations Best Practices for Industry 

• Free Food Safety Training - Agriculture and Food Education

• Infection Control and Prevention Policy, Guidelines for Tender Fruit Packhouse Operations  - Ontario Tender Fruit Growers

Click the link below to stay up to date with the latest funding incentives and programs: https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/Y9ARp7T