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 updated its 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 October 15, 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 COVID-19 Agriculture Response Program
    • Nova Scotia Small Business Loan Guarantee Program
    • Urban Main Street Loan Initiative
    • FMNS programs to create a free online store or marketplace
• Federal
  • • Transition from CERB to EI or the one of the New Canada Recovery Benefits (CRB, CRCB, and CRSB)
    • Changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
    • Local Food Infrastructure Fund
    • Canada Emergency Business Account
    • Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance
    • Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy
• 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 because you need to take care of someone or self-isolate
• How to continue getting federal pay support after your CERB period ends
• You need help paying your employees
• Your business or farmers’ market is facing cash flow difficulties and are seeking an interest free loan
• You need a grant to adapt or grow your farmers’ market or small business
• You’d like to sell your products online or create an online marketplace
• You need 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.