Agriculture and seafood programs

B.C. Agri-Business Planning Program

Applications are closed

This program provides funding support for agriculture and agrifood producers to support informed decision making and ensure business development.

B.C. Agriculture and Food Export Program

Applications are closed

The program provides cost-shared funding to undertake market development activities outside of B.C., enabling sector businesses and associations to maintain, expand and/or diversify export markets.

B.C. Indigenous Agriculture Development Program

Applications are closed

Please see the Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty Program.

B.C. Land Matching Program

Accepting applications

Provides land matching and business support services to new farmers looking for land to farm as well as landowners interested in finding someone to farm their land.

B.C. Lean for Food Processors Program

Accepting applications until November 21, 2024 at 4:30 pm Pacific time, or until funding is completely allocated.

Supports processors to make more informed decisions, optimize operating procedures, improve production capacity, labour productivity and strengthen their business.

Bee BC

Applications are closed

Provides funding to enhance bee health throughout the province.

Buy BC Logo Licensing

Accepting applications

The Buy BC logo licensing system allows eligible businesses to use the Buy BC logo free of charge, to make it easier for consumers to identify local products at markets and grocery stores across the province.

Buy BC Partnership Program

Applications are closed

Provides cost-shared funding to support B.C.’s producers, processors, and associations to undertake local marketing activities that increase consumer awareness and sales of local agriculture, food and beverage products. 

To be considered eligible for cost-shared funding, applicants must first register their food and beverage products for Buy BC logo licensing.

Knowledge and Technology Transfer Program

Accepting applications

Provides funding to support knowledge transfer events for B.C. producers and food processors.

New Entrant Farm Business Acceleration Program

Applications are closed

Provides funding for new entrant farm businesses to make the investments necessary to achieve farm income growth goals, ensure commercial viability and strengthen financial sustainability.

New Perennial Crop Renewal Program

The Perennial Crop Renewal Program provides support to agricultural sectors such as berries, tree fruit, grapes, and hazelnuts. It helps farmers evaluate and define agronomic and market opportunities, and adapt to environmental and market conditions by diversifying, renovating, or expanding production. The Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF) delivers the program. To learn more and apply, visit IAF.

Tree Fruit Climate Resiliency Program updated August 13, 2024

This program invites tree fruit producers in B.C. to apply for cost-share funding to assist in increasing the resiliency of their existing farming infrastructure for extreme weather events. Funding will be targeted to support improved resiliency to the extreme weather-related events such as early frosts, extreme cold conditions or hailstorms. Please check back for more information.

Veterinary and veterinary technologist locums working in the B.C. Food Animal Practices Pilot Program

The program is designed to increase the pool of veterinarians and registered veterinary technologists (RVTs) that are available to provide locum services for B.C. veterinary practices that offer care for food animals, with a priority for servicing practices outside of the Lower Mainland.

Veterinary and veterinary technologist students working in B.C. food animal practices

Now accepting applications to January 31, 2025. 

Veterinary practices in British Columbia that offer food animal services are eligible for support to hire veterinary and registered veterinary technologist (RVT) students for work placements of 12 consecutive weeks or longer in 2025.

Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty Program

Next intake opens in May 2025

The Indigenous Food Security and Sovereignty (IFS) Grant provides non-repayable funding contributions to First Nation communities, Indigenous organizations, businesses, and entrepreneurs in British Columbia that want to participate in and receive financial supports to develop, expand, or strengthen their Indigenous food systems and innovation to enhance sustainability and growth of the Indigenous agriculture and food sovereignty.

Agritech Concierge Program

The Agritech Concierge Program provides government support for agritech businesses to grow, diversify, access new markets and attract investment opportunities.

On-Farm Technology Adoption Program

Applications are closed

The On-Farm Technology Adoption Program provides cost-shared funding to eligible participants to support their ability to adopt new, innovative technologies on-farm with a labour-savings focus that will enhance their profitability, productivity, and efficiency. For an example of a recipient’s technology from the first intake, check out: B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Program - YouTube.

Agriculture Income Protection (AgriStability)

Accepting applications

Helps stabilize farm income by managing the risk of large income declines.

Crop Loss and Damage due to Wildlife (Agriculture Wildlife)

Accepting applications

Provides compensation for crop loss due to wildlife damage

Income Savings Account (AgriInvest)

Accepting applications

Helps manage small income declines, and provides support for investments to mitigate risks or improve market income.

Livestock Price Insurance

Accepting applications

Offers protection against an unexpected drop in livestock prices.

Production Insurance

Accepting applications

Helps producers manage their risk of crop losses caused by the weather, such as hail, spring frost, excessive rain, flooding and drought.

Food Safety Program

Funding for 2024-25 is fully committed and the application intake has closed.

Provides 70 percent funding to support BC on-farm and post-farm businesses implementing food safety practices in their operations.

Premises ID

Register now

Premises identification links livestock and poultry to geographic locations, and is an important step in protecting the health and safety of animals.

Traceability Adoption

Provides funding to agriculture, agrifood and seafood businesses to implement facility-based traceability practices, systems, infrastructure and technologies.

Traceability Knowledge Transfer

Applications are closed

Supports agrifood and seafood industry organizations to educate their membership about traceability systems, practices, infrastructure and technologies.

Traceability Value Chain

Provides funding to agriculture, agrifood and seafood sector organizations and value chains to implement sector-wide or value chain traceability practices, systems, infrastructure and technologies.

Agriculture Water Infrastructure Program

Check intake status (Investment Agriculture Foundation)

Provides cost-share funding for water infrastructure investments to producers, conservation groups, water purveyors, and Indigenous communities. 

Beneficial Management Practices

Check intake status (Investment Agriculture Foundation)

Supports producers to implement practices, identified through an environmental farm plan, to increase agricultural sustainability, address climate change and contribute to a cleaner environment.

Environmental Farm Plan

Accepting applications

Supports producers to complete environmental and climate change risk assessments related to agriculture.

Greenhouse Carbon Tax Relief Grant

Accepting applications

Provides carbon tax relief to B.C. commercial vegetable, floriculture, wholesale nursery and forest seedling greenhouse.

Century Farm Award

Accepting applications

The Century Farm Award honours pioneers whose farm, ranch or agricultural organization have been active in B.C. for 100 years.