About Us
Who We Are
The Fair Finance Fund (“Fund”) is a non-profit social finance fund dedicated to providing loans and mentorship services to local food and farm enterprises that value strong local food systems, local economies, and a healthy planet.
Building on seed capital, the Fair Finance Fund implements an ongoing investment opportunity for community-minded investors, that is, individuals and institutions who want to invest their capital to build local food systems in Ontario to support food that is grown, raised, and processed in their backyards.
Our Mission
The Fair Finance Fund’s mission is to mobilize equitable and accessible capital for Ontario's food and farm enterprises that create social, environmental and economic benefits.
By Fulfilling our Mission the Fund
Strengthens and expands regional local food systems across Ontario
Creates equitable access to capital for social enterprises in Ontario’s food system
Supports food and farm enterprises offering social, environmental and community benefits
Improves rural economies through job creation and circulating money in local communities
Provides a vehicle for people to invest in their beliefs
Our Funders and Partners
The Fair Finance Fund is grateful for the support of the Greenbelt Fund, and its partners the Local Food and Farm Co-ops and the Rural Agri-Innovation Network, as well as the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario and VanCity.
“This is very exciting! Financing is often the limiting factor for innovative local food and farm businesses and this initiative promises to help fill that critical void.”
Ali English, Ecological Farmers’ Association of Ontario