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Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre

The Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre is located in Colborne, Ontario (see map).  This facility is ideal for food entrepreneurs who have expanded beyond the inspected kitchens available in Haliburton County, and are ready to take their food product to the next level.

From their website:

The OAFVC is a not-for-profit, small-batch food-processing facility.

Designed with farmers in mind, the Ontario Agri-Food Venture Centre (OAFVC) supports fresh fruit and vegetable value-adding opportunities to increase farm revenue. The facility also helps "foodies" with recipe development while staff work with food-processing start-up companies and expansions, in Ontario, to progress Research and Development, test batches, and to facilitate small-batch co-packing.

The OAFVC offers services including:
  • washing
  • cutting
  • quick chill
  • flash freeze
  • labelling
  • cold, frozen, and dry storage
  • fully equipped commercial kitchen
  • packaging
  • training facility
  • business incubation
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  • Home
  • About
    • Mission & Vision
    • Goals for 2019
    • Meet the Team
    • Our Work >
      • Jan - June 2018
      • Highlights from 2017
      • January 2017 Update
      • 2016 Accomplishments & Dec Update
    • Collaboration is Key
  • Learn
    • What You Can Do >
      • The ABCs
      • Gardening
    • Community Research >
      • Food and Agriculture Economic Development Forum 2019
      • Food and Agriculture in Haliburton County: Looking Beyond the Census 2019
      • Optimizing Farmers' Markets 2017
      • Hens and Eggs 2017 >
        • Backyard Chickens Fact Sheet
        • Egg Grading - Feasibility Study
      • Mobile Abattoir Research 2017
      • Community Food Assessment Reports 2015 >
        • Food Production and Consumption Report
        • Food Mapping Report
        • Food and Official Plan Report
      • Buy Local Food Guide Survey 2013
      • Local Food Infrastructure Report 2011
      • Good Food Radio
      • Local Food Coalition Report 2008
    • Provincial Work >
      • Health Matters at the Council Table
      • VOTE ON Food and Farming
      • Education and Food Literacy
  • Starting A Food Business?
    • Food Business Resources >
      • Haliburton County Resources
      • Provincial and Federal Resources
      • Print and Online Resources
      • Learning Resources
      • Business Plans and Market Research Resources
      • Funding and Financing Resources
    • Local Kitchen Facilities for Rent
    • Add your kitchen facility
    • Kitchen Facilities Outside the County
  • Access Local Food
    • Local Food Directory
    • Local Food Access Map
    • Farm Gate Sales
    • Add Your Farm
  • Contact