Extension
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| 1021 - Local Food Systems | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1021.1) | 18 |
Number of people who attended training on food safety, food handling, food processing, liability, and/or marketing. This includes: PBPT, GAP certification, Farmers Market samples, ….) |
| 1021.7) | 15 |
Number of vendors approved to redeem alternate payments including WIC and/or Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Double Dollar programs, ect. |
| 1021.8) | 12 |
Number of producers/vendors who increased or maintained sales and/or reduced risk when selling food or food products |
| 1021.6) | 2 |
Number of people who used Extension resources for marketing, pricing, and/or advertising local foods |
| 1021.4) | 4 |
Number of producers who obtained value added processing certification (Home Based Microprocessing, Home Based Processing, Better Processing ,Control School, etc.) |
| 1021.5) | 1 |
Number of people who earned certification to sell or provide samples at farmers market |
| 1021.3) | 0 |
Number of producers who completed FSMA - Produce Safety Rule or Third-Party GAP Audit |
| 1021.2) | 18 |
Number of people who completed Extension Food safety (PBPT) |
| 1021.11) | 15 |
Number of producers /vendors who increased or maintained access of locally produced foods based on sales and/or % of redemption of alternative payment programs |
Author: Kristen Stumbo
Major Program: Local Food Systems
Produce Best Practices Training educates producers about FSMA requirements and the latest on produce safety and is a basic training requirement for All Samples certificate from KDA. So, if Farmer's Market Vendors want to offer their customers samples this is a training they must complete. Vendors expressed interest in expanding their products and offering samples to help promote sales of their products, so we offered several PBPT workshops at the Magoffin County Extension Office. This t
