The next intake of the Lake Erie Agriculture Demonstrating Sustainability (LEADS) program has been announced. The intake period will open January 20th. Applications will be accepted on a continuous basis until the budget is fully allocated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a variety of farm projects that can be undertaken for producers and processors. Including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Producers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Financial analysis up to $2,500<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Business plans up to $10,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marketing plans up to $15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wind breaks up to $10,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nutrient management and soil health up to $10,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Labour productivity planning up to $15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Food safety analysis up to $2,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Processor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Establishing cleaning and disinfecting practices up to $50,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Business plans up to $15,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marketing plans up to $25,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Market products in Canada up to $50,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be sure to review the Program Guide at www.ontarioprogramguides.net<\/a> for information about eligible projects and required documentation that must be submitted with your application. Eligible farm businesses must have a 4th Edition Environmental Farm Plan, and a Farmland Health Check-Up, completed with a participating Certified Crop Advisor or Professional Agrologist (www.farmlandhealthcheckup.net<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the intake opens, applications will be available and can be submitted through www.ontarioprograms.net<\/a>. Applications can also be emailed to LEADS@ontariosoilcrop.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have questions, be sure to contact an OSCIA Field Rep in your area – OSCIA Field Staff | OSCIA (ontariosoilcrop.org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The next intake of the Lake Erie Agriculture Demonstrating Sustainability (LEADS) program has been announced. The intake period will open January 20th. Applications will be … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontariohazelnuts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}