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 June 10, 2021. For a list of links that will provide you with the most up-to-date information available, please consult the Appendix. Also please note that many of these grants are time sensitive with upcoming deadlines!
Included in this update is new information for individuals and businesses, including:
- FMNS
- FMNS COVID-19 Adaptation Grant
- FMNS programs to create a free online store or marketplace
- Provincial
- Nova Scotia COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Program
- Nova Scotia Small Business Impact Grant (Part 3)
- Nova Scotia COVID-19 Agriculture Response Program
- Nova Scotia Small Business Loan Guarantee Program
- Federal
- Canada Healthy Communities Initiative
- Employment Insurance (EI) benefits and the new Canada Recovery Benefits (CRB, CRCB, and CRSB)
- Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
- Canada Emergency Business Account
- Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) & Lockdown Support
- 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
- You need sick leave for less than 50% of your workweek
- You need help paying your employees
- Your business or farmers’ market is seeking a grant and/or interest-free or low-interest loan
- 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.
