Food Safety and Traceability Implementation Support
Helps Manitoba’s agri-food and agri-product sectors enhance food safety and traceability through financial support for program development, training, validation, and compliance initiatives.
Bridging Generations
Supports the transfer of farm assets from retiring producers to farmers under 40 through financial incentives and flexible lending terms offered by MASC.
Building Envelope, Lighting, Ventilation
Supports energy-saving and GHG-reducing assessments and upgrades for agri-food production and office areas, including unique improvements not covered by other programs.
Processing Equipment
Supports the growth and modernization of Manitoba’s agri-processing sector through capital investment funding for new technologies, quality control systems, and co-packing capacity.
Crop Land Management
Supports the adoption of cropland management practices that enhance productivity, optimize field operations, and contribute to long-term soil and land sustainability.
Training and Resource Development
Supports the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-product sector through funding for group learning, knowledge sharing, and industry resource development to build long-term competitiveness.
Input Use Efficiency
Supports the reduction of ingredient and product waste during storage and processing by funding equipment and systems that minimize losses and improve resource efficiency.
Waste Use Efficiency
Supports projects that create new value or applications from agri-processing waste, by-products, or co-products by funding innovative solutions that enable diversion or reuse.
Industry Development Initiatives
Supports the growth and competitiveness of the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-product sectors by funding group learning initiatives, knowledge transfer events, and industry resource development.
Planning and Consulting
Supports culturally relevant services and resource development that strengthen food systems, expand agricultural knowledge, and build capacity in business planning, risk awareness, and market development.
Co-packing Capacity Building
Supports the modernization and expansion of agri-processing operations by funding capital investments that improve productivity, enable co-packing services, and support access to new markets through quality control and integrated systems.
Enhancing Indigenous Food Systems
Supports the development and implementation of community-based food systems, including planning and revitalization efforts related to traditional food, agriculture, local sovereignty, and food processing or preservation.
Capital Infrastructure and Investments
Supports market development activities that expand interprovincial and international trade capacity, helping agri-food businesses maintain existing markets and access emerging opportunities.
Bee Mortality Assistance
Supports Manitoba commercial beekeepers in recovering from overwinter colony losses during 2021–2022 by funding replacement bees, queens, and associated restocking costs.
Quality Control Capacity Building
Supports modernization and expansion of agri-processing operations through capital investment funding that improves efficiency, enables co-packing services, and enhances access to new markets and integrated systems.
Relationship Development and Engagement
Supports engagement activities that strengthen relationships between industry, academia, and Indigenous communities, ensuring collaboration from project development through to delivery.
Carbon Sequestration and Grassland Resilience
Boosts the environmental resilience of farms by supporting land use and management practices that increase carbon sequestration and deliver broader ecological benefits.
Market Development
Supports agri-businesses in New Brunswick to expand into new markets and strengthen trade access across Canada and abroad through innovation-driven marketing and export initiatives.
Watershed Resilience
Supports farm and ranch operators in implementing land and water stewardship practices that increase watershed resilience. Funding focuses on agroforestry, grazing, riparian management, wetland restoration, and other nature-based solutions that mitigate runoff, improve water retention, and enhance biodiversity.
Research and Innovation
Supports environmental and water resilience by funding on-farm projects that improve soil health, restore habitats, and manage runoff through agroforestry, wetland restoration, and upland or riparian area enhancements.