Blue Ridge Food Ventures is an 11,000-square-foot shared-use kitchen and natural products manufacturing facility in Candler, North Carolina. Its mission is to provide infrastructure and technical assistance to entrepreneurs launching food and natural product businesses. Services include product development support, regulatory guidance, access to bottling and packaging equipment, marketing and label design assistance, and a certified kitchen that is not open to the public The organisation helps clients produce safe, wholesome products in compliance with FDA regulations and fosters local economic development.