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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