Program Description:

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The aim of this 12-class program is to provide entrepreneurs who may also be small or medium-sized farmers and food product owners the knowledge, skills and networking opportunities to turn their recipes into retail-ready products.

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Classes:

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Learning Objectives:

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1. Develop the skills and knowledge of how to turn a small-batch recipe into a scalable recipe for large-scale production, for retail sale

2. Explore opportunities for and application of sustainable food business practices

3. Understand the basics of the psychology of food branding, purchasing behavior and best practices for building a food-specific marketing strategy

4. Understand and apply principles of food packaging and nutrition labeling requirements as per Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

5. Increase understanding of principles of food safety and safe food production techniques

6. Learn the methods behind scaling a small batch recipe into a scalable recipe formulation

7. Entrepreneurs will leave with the basic knowledge to be able to finance, package, label, brand and market their own food product.

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Program Delivery:

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This is a live (never pre recorded) workshop held completely online via Zoom. Each class is 2.5 hours in length and can run for any 12 days of your choosing at your preferred time.

 

The classes involve live question and answer periods as well as direct interaction between the cohort of entrepreneurs and our food industry expert speakers.

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More Details:

• Receive a FVP Certificate of Completion!

• Lifetime access to a private community of food/beverage entrepreneurs with resources updated regularly

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