One of Wisconsin Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) clients, Damon Holter of Croix Valley Foods, served as a panelist at this year’s 2023 National Small Business Exporter Summit.
October 9, 2023
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July 14, 2023
Meet the Summer 2023 FFI Food Business Fellows!
FFI’s Fellows Program and year seven of providing programming designed to accelerate food-focused business growth. FFI’s Fellows Program serves 46 businesses, 31 of whom are from Wisconsin, in two food brand cohorts that run consecutively for two 6-month periods and one Technology, Agriculture and Processing (TAP) cohort that runs from April through September.
June 22, 2023
Food Finance Institute announces Sarah Larson as permanent director
Sarah Larson, who has been serving as the interim director of the Food Finance Institute (FFI) since 2021, has been hired to serve as FFI’s Director as of June 18. In this role, Larson will continue to advance FFI’s mission to make sophisticated financial technical assistance available for every growing food, value-added agriculture and food systems enterprise.
May 16, 2023
Food Finance Institute to be Wisconsin Network Coordinator for Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center
MADISON — The Food Finance Institute (FFI), part of UW System’s Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship is thrilled to be a key partner on one of twelve recently USDA-awarded Regional Food Business Centers: The Great Lakes Midwest Regional Food Business Center.
April 21, 2023
Meet the Spring 2023 FFI Food Business Fellows and watch for Summer cohort!
MADISON — The Food Finance Institute (FFI) excitedly enters year two of their Fellows program and year seven of providing programming designed to accelerate food-focused business growth.
February 28, 2023
Meet the Winter 2023 FFI Food Business Fellows and watch for Spring and Summer cohorts!
The Food Finance Institute (FFI) excitedly enters year two of their Fellows program and year seven of providing programming designed to accelerate food-focused business growth.
August 30, 2022
Madison organizations bring ZingTrain Leadership Training to area food businesses
A nationally renowned leadership master class for small food-focused businesses is coming to Madison Oct. 4-5.
August 24, 2022
Hear about food and farm business successes at ‘Future of Food’
The Food Finance Institute (FFI) will showcase a dozen innovative food and farm businesses at different points in their growth journey Sept.
January 18, 2022
Wisconsin accelerator grows into national Fellows Program for food and farm businesses
A popular Wisconsin accelerator for food and beverage businesses has expanded six-fold and gone national.
August 10, 2021
Food Finance Institute founder Tera Johnson hands over leadership to Sarah Larson
MADISON – Tera Johnson, who founded the Food Finance Institute (FFI) in 2014 to make sophisticated financial technical assistance available for every growing food, value-added agriculture and food systems enterprise, is leaving her position. Sarah Larson, FFI’s program manager, will take over as interim director starting Sept. 1.