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Growing Success: Best Practices in On-farm Food Safety – Portland

February 17, 2017 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm $15

The OSU Center for Small Farms has teamed up with FamilyFarmed to bring their On-Farm Food Safety Project to Oregon in February in three day-long workshops: February 16, 17, and 19.

These workshops, taught by Atina Diffley, nationally known farmer & on-farm food safety expert, will cover practical food safety strategies for your farm, along with up-to-date guidance on FSMA requirements and compliance strategies.

Participants will receive 2 FamilyFarmed manuals Direct Market Success and Wholesale Success plus additional on-farm food safety materials.

Lunch will be provided.

Workshop # 2

Designed for small-scale, diversified produce farmers that sell primarily into direct and specialty markets

Topics Covered:

  • FSMA produce rule and your farm
  • Post harvest handling for quality and safety
  • Designing your packing shed for efficiency and food safety
  • Introduction to food safety
  • Food safety checklists and plan

This workshop is full please register for the Corvallis workshop or email Heidi Noordijk to be added to the waitlist (heidi.noordijk@oregonstate.edu)