Ready to take your business to the next level?
Starting Your Business
- FDA’s How to Start a Food Business (information on home-based businesses, labeling, reporting, GMPs, etc.)
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses)
- Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. (resources for growing and financing your business)
- Local Food Marketing Guide (a producer’s guide to marketing locally grown food)
- Wisconsin Food Processing and Food Sales Requirements Guide
- Food, Dairy, Meat, and Restaurant License Information
- Licensing Exemption for Home Bakers
- Selling Home-Canned Food (without a license)
Scaling Your Business
- Food Finance Institute (boot camps, scenario planning, and technical assistance)
- Edible-Alpha® Learning Center (training opportunities and podcast)
- FFI Fellows Program (a six-month cohort-based accelerator program)
Workforce Development
Sustainable Production
- Focus on Energy (incentives for energy efficiency)
- WMEP Manufacturing Solutions (lean manufacturing and sustainable product and process development)
- ASQ (Lean Six Sigma)
