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Food Safety Basics for Urban Farming

  • 209 5th Avenue Albany, GA, 31701 United States (map)
 
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Join us on Friday, July 31, 2020 at 11 am as we share the basics of food safety for urban farmers in two back-to-back workshops. These educational sessions are designed to provide beginning and established farmers with the basics for creating a food safety plan for their operation. Speakers will help create a food safe culture on your farm, discuss tools, and provide tips on building low-cost, food safe infrastructure.

The workshops will be co-lead by Fredando Jackson, Executive Director of Flint River Fresh and Billy Mitchell, Food Safety Modernization Act Training Coordinator with National Farmer Unions.

Topics covered

  • Food Safety Modernization Act

  • Food Safety during harvest, post-harvesting, and processing

  • Operating a Market Stand during the COVID

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-safety-basics-for-urban-farming-tickets-113888170584.

For more information, please email us at info@flintriverfresh.org or call (229) 430-8509.

 
Earlier Event: July 16
Farm Bill Conservation Update