Success StoryProduce Best Practices Training Ensures safe Food Supply



Produce Best Practices Training Ensures safe Food Supply

Author: Roger "Darrell" Simpson

Planning Unit: Muhlenberg County CES

Major Program: Local Food Systems

Plan of Work: Planning for the Family and Farm

Outcome: Initial Outcome

The problem: Food producers are responsible for producing safe and wholesome produce.


The educational program response: Five Produce Best Practice Trainings were held to educate producers on food safety.


The participants/target audience: Farmers Market vendors .



Other partners (if applicable) NA


Program impact or participant response. Sixteen Farmers Market vendors completed the  Produce Best Practices certification training, passed the test and received their PBPT diploma.






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