Funding and Financing Resources

The Haliburton County Development Corporation offers funding opportunities to local businesses. Check out their three funding programs to find one that fits your needs:
https://www.haliburtoncdc.ca/funding/

Sustain Ontario lists a number of funding opportunities on their website, as they arise. Check often to see if your business idea qualifies for a grant:
https://sustainontario.com/category/blog/opportunities/funding-opportunities

If you are an entrepreneur between the ages of 18 and 29, Futurpreneur offers financing, mentoring and support tools to help you get your business off the ground:
https://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/

The Government of Canada offers a financing program that provides loans to start-ups and existing for-profit small businesses with gross revenues of $10 million or less:
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/csbfp-pfpec.nsf/eng/home

Farm business loans are not available through the above listed financing program, but through the Canadian Agricultural Loans Act program:
http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/?id=1288035482429

And below you'll find general resources on financing and funding your food business:
http://foodstarter.com/food-companies/book-resources/funding-your-food-business/
https://www.bdc.ca/en/financing/pages/default.aspx
http://smallbusinessbc.ca/article/how-finance-your-start-business/