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SUMMARY:DEADLINE: Agrifood and beverage voucher program
DESCRIPTION:Round 5 of the WA Agrifood and Beverage Voucher Program is open for applications. \nThe Voucher Program supports small businesses across regional and metropolitan WA to access expert advice to build resilience and sustainability\, competitiveness\, scale and export preparedness into their operations.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUp to $20\,000 per business\, with 50:50 co-contribution\, is available to access professional services with up to two vouchers under 5 categories; \n\nBusiness Planning;\nManufacturing for Business Growth (including transition to manufacturing for producers\, HACCP\, process engineering and automation);\nSales and Marketing (including e-commerce\, marketing strategy\, customer relationship management system design\, export market development and re-branding);\nFinancial Health (including succession planning\, pitch decks\, and other investment planning); and\nEnvironmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility (including net zero planning\, waste water management plans\, sustainable packaging design\, and ESG).\n\nApplicants may select a service provider that suits their business (preferably local!) and upload a quotation with their application\, which can be completed via SmartyGrants. A separate quotation and application must be submitted for each (up to two) voucher. \n\nHow to apply\nOpen – Round Five is open for applications via SmartyGrants until 5:00 pm (AWST) Monday\, 4 December 2023 \nFor those potential applicants needing help to identify service providers\, DPIRD maintains a searchable database of Western Australian Service Providers that specialise in Food and Beverage. \nVouchers will be provided to competitive WA businesses that meet the eligibility criteria and whose business development objectives are most closely aligned with the State Government’s objectives including: \n\nGrowing and diversifying the State’s economy – Future jobs and skills;\nStronger\, safer communities;\nInvesting in climate action;\nInvesting in the regions.\n\nEligible small businesses will be required to have an annual sales turnover of between $100\,000 and $50 million. Vouchers may be provided to metropolitan and regionally based WA businesses that meet the eligibility criteria and are assessed as competitive. The maximum value of a voucher that a business can apply for is dependent on the annual sales turnover of that business. The Voucher Program Guidelines and FAQs are available on this page\, and provide applicants and service providers eligibility criteria and advice on submitting applications and services quotation. To hear from your industry peers about experiences with the program\, please see the video below.
URL:https://wainnovationcalendar.com.au/event/deadline-agrifood-and-beverage-voucher-program/
LOCATION:Apply online\, Australia
CATEGORIES:DEADLINE: Funding
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Thinking about the future of food
DESCRIPTION:This webinar brings together several international experts on food to provide a range of ideas about the future of food from international\, national and local perspectives. \n  \nEach speed-presentation aims to be dynamic and thought-provoking\, we hope this will inform our understanding about food and seafood production. \n  \nPresentation 1: Brief Introduction presented by Prof Chris Carter\, Blue Economy CRC / IMAS / UTAS \nPresentation 2: Exploring future nutrient needs presented by Dr Andrew Fletcher\, Sustainable Nutrition Initiative – Riddet Institute \nPresentation 3: Coping with complex seafood futures\, one byte at a time presented by Dr Beth Fulton\, CSIRO \nPresentation 4: Future of fish supply under climate change presented by Prof Julia Blanchard\, IMAS / UTAS \nPresentation 5: Identifying management actions for a food-based approach to fisheries and aquaculture presented by Dr Anna Farmery\, ANCORS\, UOW \nPresentation 6: Sustainably feeding our blue food presented by Dr Rich Cottrell\, IMAS/UTAS \nPresentation 7: Systems approach driven by theory of change applied to terrestrial systems presented by Prof Duncan Cameron\, University of Manchester \nPresentation 8: Centre for Food Safety and Innovation (CFSI) – future prospects in food-related research and development in Tasmania presented by Prof John Bowman\, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture / UTAS \n  \nThe webinar will be facilitated by Prof Chris Carter and presentations will be followed by Q&A.
URL:https://wainnovationcalendar.com.au/event/webinar-thinking-about-the-future-of-food/
LOCATION:online\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Seminar / Panel Discussion / Conversation
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