Agriculture and Rural Development

Dedicated to assisting food processors in the scale up and commercialization of new products and technologies leading to successful establishment of their own facilities.

Eligibility Criteria

Tenant Selection Criteria

Do you have:

• A product suitable for production in a CFIA registered facility?
• A business plan identifying your roadmap for growth?
• Adequate resources for initial working capital?
• A willingness to develop your management and business skill sets?
• A desire to put a significant portion of your new business into Alberta’s economy?

Key Benefits

• Privately accessed and fully serviced processing suites.
• FSEP/HACCP and Logistics management on site.
• Mentoring support for technical, operational and business development.
• Close proximity to the Edmonton International Airport and access to Calgary via QE2 highway.

A Campus of Services

Incubator Facility

• 24/7 CFIA registered production facility with secured access.
• Eight fully serviced processing suites varying in size and design.
• Individually metered utilities to each suite.
• Shipping & receiving bays with storage capabilities.
• Private offices with basic telecom package.
• Conferencing room with A/V capabilities.

Business Commercialization Branch

• Business plan assessment.
• Funding support and evaluation.
• Market assessment and development.
• Industry networking.

The Food Processing Development Centre is adjacent to the Incubator.

• Alberta Deal Generator
• Food Safety Enhancement Program
• Food Labelling
• Agri-Business Expansion Program
• AFSC Commercial Loan Program
• Agri-Innovation Program
• Alberta Agriculture and Food

• Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator

Alberta Contact(s):
Mr. Robert Gibson
Senior Manager
Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator
4301-65 Avenue
Leduc, Alberta  T9E 8T2
Telephone: 780-980-4246
Fax: 780-980-4250
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Web site: http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/apbi