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Grow Your Food Business and Raise Money

Our mission at the Food Finance Institute is to make sophisticated financial technical assistance available to every growing food, beverage and value-added farm enterprise.

Food Entrepreneurs

Unprecedented change in the food industry is rapidly raising the bar for all food and value-added farm enterprises. Old or young, big or small, these businesses are scrambling to become more financially resilient and capable of adapting quickly. We help equip entrepreneurs to get profitable and raise money.

Boot Camps
Technical Assistance

Consultants

FFI provides rigorous training, resources, tools and mentorship to consultants so they can provide sophisticated financial technical assistance to food, beverage and value-added agriculture businesses.

Consultant Training

Edible-Alpha®

Edible-Alpha® is a digital resource hub providing our collaborative network with actionable insights, training, resources and tools so they can build and fund the next generation of profitable food, beverage and value-added agriculture businesses.
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Partners

We use a collaborative business model to expand the reach of our consulting work by  partnering with a wide range of individuals and organizations, including community partners, financial institutions, lenders and investors, to accomplish our mission of making sophisticated, high-quality technical assistance available to food, beverage and value-added farm businesses throughout the state of Wisconsin and beyond.

Partnership Opportunities

FFI Scaler Series

Looking to scale-up your business but don’t want to commit to a program? You’ve come to the right place. The FFI Scaler Series offers businesses the flexibility to learn how to successfully grow their business, one workshop at a time.
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Edible-Alpha® Live! Rescheduled for Dec. 8 & 9

More like a TV show than a standard conference, Edible-Alpha® Live! shows us how impact investing can change our food system.

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Business Impact

FFI is a proud part of the UW System Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. The Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship strives to help any business at any stage of development through our five distinct program units and array of experienced business consultants and programs.

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Food Finance Institute FaBcap Accelerator chooses 10 businesses for Class of 2020-21

MADISON – Ten emerging food and beverage sector entrepreneurs have been selected to join the Food Finance Institute (FFI) FaBcap Accelerator.

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Yumbutter – Clarifying A Business Model Path and Building a National Brand

Matt D’Amour and Adrian Reif didn’t just create a nut butter company; they pursued their dream of running the world’s most responsible food company.

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