Guide to Financial Assistance and Funding Opportunities for Farmers’ Markets and Vendors in Nova Scotia

To see the full guide, please click here.

Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia has put together a Guide to Financial Assistance and Funding Opportunities for Farmers’ Markets and Vendors in Nova Scotia.

The guide is intended to provide farmers’ markets and vendors with the most up-to-date information available for securing financial assistance during these unprecedented times. Further information and guides are also available in the Appendix at the end of the guide. Please also note that the guide is accurate only up to July 9, 2020. For a list of links that will provide you with the most up-to-date information available, please consult the Appendix.

Included in this update is new information for individuals and businesses, including:

  • Provincial
      • Nova Scotia Worker Emergency Bridge Fund
      • Urban Main Street Loan Initiative
      • Nova Scotia COVID-19 Agriculture Response Program
      • Nova Scotia COVID-19 Small Business Reopening and Support Grant
      • Nova Scotia COVID-19 Small Business Credit and Support Program
      • FMNS & Square partnership to create a free online store
  • Federal
      • Canada Emergency Response Benefit
      • Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (75%)
      • Canada Student Service Grant Program
      • Local Food Infrastructure Fund
      • Canada Emergency Business Account
      • Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance
  • And much more!

This guide covers how to proceed if you:

  • Have been laid off from your job, you can no longer viably run your business, or you can’t work
  • You need help paying your employees or you’d like to hire a summer student
  • Your business or farmers’ market is facing cash flow difficulties
  • You need money to adapt, grow, or expand your farmers’ market or farmers’ market-based business (due to challenges and/or opportunities caused by COVID-19)
  • You’d like to sell your products online
  • Your business or farmers’ market needs support to pay your commercial rent

 

Please let us know if anything is missing from the guide. We’ll do our best to keep it up to date!

To see the full guide, please click here.