Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award 2017

AVCC’s Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award

2017 Guidebook and Application Form

Introduction

The agriculture and agri-food sector has always been innovative in running their businesses, adapting practices and looking for partners to compete in the local, national and global economy.

To recognize and support this innovative spirit, the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce created the AVCC’s Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award.  This annual award program recognizes outstanding agriculture and agri-food related innovators including producers, processors, suppliers and organizations.  The award is intended to help the successful applicant move their project forward to the next phase of development.

The award winner will receive a prize that will be is estimated to be $30,000 or more in total value, which will be a combination of cash and in-kind services, counseling and other contributions from the sponsors. (These services will include but not be limited to; business planning, legal, mentoring, advisory, etc.)

Award recipients will also receive use of the AVCC’s Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award word mark to support their marketing efforts.

The recipients of the 2017 awards will be recognized at events across the Annapolis Valley in 2017 / 2018.