Last year’s Food Farms Fish and Finance Forum catalyzed the creation of Starting Point, a learning resource aimed at providing investors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers and community leaders in the food, farming and fishing sector with an overview of social finance—a tool for solving community-based problems. The Starting Point Module was recently launched by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, FarmStart and the
Ecology Action Centre.
The Foundation has also been collaborating with Christie Young of FarmStart on a strategic landscape analysis of the financing needs and opportunities of the sustainable food, fish and farming sectors in Canada. We aim to use the results of this analysis to inform the Foundation’s investment decisions and to share our learning with funders and other relevant stakeholders.
12 May 2014