by OMAFRA Ag Rep Brian Bell
SNAPP program
The Sustainable New Agri-Food Products and Productivity (SNAPP) Program supports Northern Ontario agriculture and food producers, businesses, collaborations, communities and First Nations to create new products, enhance abilities for season extension, scale up production or enhance productivity. Intake 2 is scheduled to accept applications from July 1, 2017 to August 31, 2017. In-take will open on December 1, 2017. Intake 1 Approved Grants Who is eligible? Eligible applicants must be a legal person with the authority to enter into a legal agreement. Examples of a legal person could include corporations or not-for-profit organizations, primary producers, processors, distributors, First Nations, Metis and Inuit. Collaborations will be accepted with up to three or more collaborators. Each applicant in the collaboration must be a legal person. Applicants must have at least one component of their business located in Northern Ontario, and the project activity must occur in Northern Ontario. For collaborations, at least two collaborators (legal entities) must be businesses, organizations or persons located in Northern Ontario. Both start-up and existing businesses are eligible. Start-up (in first three years of operation) businesses are expected to provide a business plan with their application. Project Activity Streams: Eligible projects may fall under the following streams: Season Extension, projects that will enable producers to extend their production season, or to extend the seasonal availability of their perishable products through storage. Examples of potentially eligible projects include the purchase or construction of high-tunnel or other greenhouses, or the construction of cold storage facilities. New Products, projects that enable agriculture or food producers to create primary or processed products that are new to the business. Examples of potentially eligible projects include the creation of a new ready-to-eat processed product, or the ability to produce a new farm product. Project equipment may include food or fibre processing equipment or food production equipment. Productivity Enhancement, projects that utilize innovative technologies or processes to increase efficiencies in their operations. Project equipment may include production equipment (monitoring, variable rate technology), animal tracking (tag reading technology) meat processing equipment, food packaging equipment or food labelling equipment. How to apply: send completed application forms to: Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre c/o Rural Agri-Innovation Network, 99 Foster Drive Level Six, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5X6 Fax: (705) 942-6169 Email: snapp@rainalgoma.ca Electronic copies are preferred. For more information contact: Melissa Watson, program coordinator, mwatson@ssmic.com or call (705) 942-7927 ext. 3135
