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Preparing for the 2024 VAPG

1.5 hours of Paid webinar content. by Edible-Alpha®

Please join the Food Finance Institute for a free webinar to launch our 2024 VAPG Program Series. At "Preparing for the 2024 VAPG," we will host a conversation with past applicants that have received the grant and USDA staff that have firsthand knowledge of the USDA’s Value Added Producer Grant.

2023 Tribal Producer VAPG Boot Camp

This Boot Camp will help you as a tribal producer write a successful VAPG proposal right now and learn how to VAPG into your overall business model.

Live Training about Raising Capital for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling

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Raising Money for Your Farm Through Value-Added Producer Grants

1 hour 44 minutes Free webinar content by Edible-Alpha®

Tera Johnson interviews renowned VAPG writer and consultant, Jim Gage of JDG Consulting. The webinar gives farm entrepreneurs a better understanding of how a VAPG could help their businesses and if they should be writing one right now. 

Video about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups

Preparing for the 2024 Value Added Producer Grant

On December 14, 2023, FFI launched its 2024 Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) programming with a free webinar, "Preparing for the 2024 VAPG."

A 2024 VAPG Update from Jim Gage

luck with the VAPG! For more VAPG assistance from Jim and others at the Food Finance Institute, please fill out FFI’s contact form, or email Janel Hutchison, FFI Program Coordinator....
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Preparing to apply for the next round of Value-Added Producer Grants (2022 VAPG Preparedness)

...on mission. FFI Farm Outreach Specialist Andy Larson sits down with VAPG grant experts Jim Gage of JDG Consulting and Sara Huber of Sustaining Farmers LLC to address: Eligibility and...
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Value-Added Producer Grants With Jim Gage

1 hour & 10 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®

...Morning America’s Ice Cream Parlor of The Year. VAPGs include both Planning Grants (maximum: $75,000) and Working Capital Grants (maximum: $250,000). While the VAPG grant can be complicated (for example,...

Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups

Protected: Consulting – Jim Gage

Purchase hours of consulting time (schedule sessions after purchase) to work with Jim on your VAPG project....
Economic Gardening As Part Of An Ecosystem

Grants, Loans, Investments…Welcome To The Food Funding Ecosystem!

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

...week, Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) are never the main source of financing for farm businesses but rather incentivize farm entrepreneurs to show prospects for expanded sales and future investment before...

Article about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups

How Rustic Road Farm Became a Community Treasure

1 hour 3 minutes Free read by Edible-Alpha®

Andy chats with Rustic Road Farm founder Marc Bernard about starting an organic farm from scratch, expanding the operation, and diversifying the business model for sustained success.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Financing Food and Ag Beyond the Pandemic

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

...farms have access to USDA value-added producer grants (VAPG). This program has evolved and is intended to be used for packaging, labeling, promotions and other needs that can’t be backed...

3 Lessons from a Leading Food Hub

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

...with Katie Mleziva: 9/28–9/30 FFI Webinar: So You Won a VAPG, Now What?: 10/4 Food and Beverage 2021 Global Symposium: 10/5 Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference Series: Thursdays 10/7–11/4 Biophilic...

How This Old Farm Built a Successful Meat Processing Business

1 hour 6 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Tera chats with Jessica Roosa of This Old Farm about what it really takes to launch a small meat processing business, from financing to facilities to inspections to marketing.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Huddle Notes from March 1st, 2021

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

The huddles this month focused on climate change impacts on communities, food prices going up around the world, and the niche areas of our industry.

Huddle Notes about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

Huddle Notes From May 4th, 2020

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

The huddles this week focused on EIDL opening the application period back up for ag businesses only and Bartlett Durand on bankruptcy.
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Working With Grants Like The USDA’s Value-Added Producer Grant

15 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®

The best entrepreneurial candidates for VAPG do their due diligence, looking at all aspects of the business, like financing, marketing, product testing, talking to others and hire a team (like...

Video about Business Models for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups

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