Sheldon Creek Dairy benefits from Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership program

Local businesses continue to benefit from agricultural support programs.

Sheldon Creek Dairy in Loretto will receive up to $54,290.24 to support the implementation of a new food safety and traceability system.

This will include equipment, software, staffing, and third-party certification services through the Food Safety and Growth Initiative which aims to help small businesses in the agriculture and food industry enhance their food safety systems and stimulate growth.

Funding to the tune of $4.4 million will be provided by the federal and provincial governments through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership to help small businesses in Ontario.

“By supporting Sheldon Creek Dairy through the Food Safety and Growth Initiative, our government is taking bold steps to protect Ontario’s agri-food sector and foster prosperity in the Township of Adjala-Tosorontio,” said Simcoe-Grey MPP Brian Saunderson. “This investment empowers local businesses to enhance food safety, adopt cutting-edge technologies, and create good-paying jobs. Together, we’re building a stronger, more competitive agri-food industry that delivers safe, world-class products to our communities and beyond.”  

In addition to helping food processors improve safety systems, the funding will enable operators to respond to market and consumer demand and grow their business.  

“Our government continues to invest to strengthen the safety and quality of our world-class food products,” said Trevor Jones, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness. “The Food Safety and Growth Initiative will help Ontario to further increase and diversify our agri-food exports to new markets, while strengthening the long-term competitiveness and growth of our local agri-food champions.”  

 The Food Safety and Growth Initiative will help achieve the goals laid out in the Grow Ontario Strategy including strengthening the stability and competitiveness of the province’s agri-food supply chain. Ontario’s robust food safety systems are key to the industry’s growth. This initiative was open to food businesses with fewer than 100 employees at the project site and will contribute to the businesses’ ability to build consumer confidence, and enable growth by supporting investments to detect, prevent and mitigate food safety risks and adopt new standards.

 This initiative is funded through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), a five-year, $3.5-billion investment by federal, provincial and territorial governments to strengthen competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of Canada’s agriculture, agri‐food and agri‐based products sector.