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Nova Scotia opens $11.7M for local food infrastructure

What the program funds, who qualifies, and the application window food entrepreneurs should watch.

By Amelia Cormier

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Applications open September 2 for processing, storage and shared-kitchen projects.

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Amelia Cormier

Food policy & small-batch production, Atlantic Canada

Amelia writes about licensing, food policy and the economics of small-batch production. She previously ran a licensed preserves business out of a shared kitchen in Lunenburg, which is where most of her reporting questions come from.

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Rental credits are open for Nova Scotia founders

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