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Become a KCFF Member

Membership is designed to support businesses in the Kawartha region.

Complete the form on this page to submit your membership application.

Learn about the benefits of a KCFF membership.

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Buy Local Region – in which municipality is your business located? Required
Does your business sell local food or local farm products, or offer agri-tourism activities, directly to consumers or sell to/buy-from other businesses for use in the local food network to qualify you as a Kawartha Choice FarmFresh member? Required

Business Description

The following group of sub-sections will appear on your member profile page as a fulsome business description should you be accepted for membership. Feel free to provide a full profile of your business, details about your products, practices, philosophy, etc. These field should include anything that your customers should know to bring your business to life and tell your story. Content may be edited to fit allowable space and/or align with appropriate style.

Public Contact Information

This information will be available to the public on kawarthachoice.com.
Location
This will be your farm/business address if you want the public to come to your business. For those members who only want people to find them at the market, enter the name and address of the Farmers’ Market or other location where you want customers to find you.
Please include the full URL (e.g. https://www.domain.com).
If different from your website. Please include the full URL (e.g. https://www.domain.com).
Must be a Facebook URL. Please include the full URL (e.g. https://www.facebook.com).
Must be a Twitter URL. Please include the full URL (e.g. https://www.twitter.com).
Must be an Instagram URL. Please include the full URL (e.g. https://www.instagram.com).
Hours Open to the Public
For display on the website. Use 24-hour time (e.g. “8:30 pm” would be “20:30”).
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Private Contact & Business Information

This information will not be available to the public. It will be used for internal economic development and communication purposes by the staff supporting KCFF program and its members.

Primary Contact Information

Primary Contact Name Required

Secondary Contact Information

Secondary Contact Name
Business Mailing Address Required

Economic Development Support for Agri-Food Business Sector

The following questions will help us support your business growth and the sector as a whole.
Business Industry Classification Required
Select all that apply to your business.
What regions do you sell into or provide a service to? Required
Employee Information
Do you have paid employees? Required
Are you planning to hire this year?
Business Information
Are you planning on expanding your business operations? Required
What are your annual sales revenues? (optional)
Please select a range.
Please identify any strengths or gaps in the local agriculture and food value chain (includes inputs, primary production through processing and distribution through to consumer purchase/consumption).
May we send you information in the future that may be relevant to your business? Required
Would you like a staff member of the local economic development office to follow up with you for assistance? Required

Personal information on this form is collected under the authority of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.302 (as amended), and will be used to contact the business regarding relevant economic development opportunities, Public information collected will be used to categorize and promote participating businesses through the KCFF website and other public promotional tools including the ConnectON Agri-Food Mapping Database. The information will be retained within databases of the City of Kawartha Lakes (CKL) and the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED). Questions about this collection should be directed to either the Economic Development Officer – Agriculture, CKL, 180 Kent Street West, Lindsay, ON K9V 2Y6, 705-324-9411 extension 1208 or the Agriculture and Rural Development Officer, PKED, 270 George Street North, Suite 102, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 3H1 705-743-0777.