Small Biz

Rutgers Food Innovation Center

Bridgeton, N.J.

http://www.fire.rutgers.edu

Opened: 2001 (new incubator facility scheduled to open in 2008)
Size: 23,000 square feet
Additional services: Assistance with business development, market development, quality and food safety assurance, regulations and compliance support, and workforce development
Active tenants: n/a
"Graduates" who have gone on to start their own businesses: n/a

The Rutgers Food Innovation Center was awarded "Incubator of the Year" in 2007 by the National Business Incubation Assn. in recognition of the center's assistance to over 700 food and agriculture entrepreneurs.