B.C. producer and processor resources

Feed BC supports awareness, capacity-building and readiness of B.C.’s agriculture, food and fisheries’ sector to participate in the government food service market and beyond.

FeedBC builds information, market studies and guidance about government facility food service needs, and provides targeted training, education and connections to other ministry and government programs and services.

Resources

Information for B.C. food and beverage businesses interested in selling to school food programs from kindergarten to Grade 12 ​(PDF, 125KB)

Selling B.C. food to B.C.’s government-supported facilities: A starter guide for producers and processors (PDF, 887KB)

Top 20 B.C. food opportunities in B.C. healthcare (PDF, 171KB)

FeedBC webinar: Eight key success factors in food aggregation

Reports

B.C. Government healthcare market development strategy (PDF, 563KB)

Market opportunities in the post secondary sector report (PDF, 385KB)

Okanagan bioregion institutional procurement study (PDF, 5.8MB)

Strategic analysis of aggregation initiatives in B.C. (PDF, 457KB)

Study on food procurement in B.C.’s public post-secondary sector (PDF, 583KB)

Value chain coordination study (PDF, 372KB)

Programs, services and training

The ministry supports a variety of programs, services and targeted training to prepare B.C. producers and processors for the institutional food service market and beyond.

Agriculture and seafood programs list all current ministry funding programs.

Agri-Business planning program support for producers and processors through different business planning needs.

AgriService BC funding, programs and services to help your business succeed.

B.C. Indigenous agriculture development program  supports Indigenous Peoples' successes in the food and agriculture sector.

B.C. Lean for food processors program offers specialized business skill development to enable processors to make more informed decisions, optimize operating procedures, improve production capacity, labour productivity and strengthen their business.

Domestic market development services to inform and prepare farmers, fishers and processors to take advantage of existing and emerging market opportunities.

Feed BC business-to-business initiatives including ‘product pitch sessions’ to connect the food needs of public institutions with B.C. food products and suppliers.

Food safety and traceability information, training and resources for best practices in food safety and traceability.