Plan to attend a Produce Safety Rule food safety training at one of six Iowa locations between January and March. The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22(c) that requires “At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm … Continue reading Food safety trainings offered statewide in 2020
by Connie Hardy, program coordinator FFED staff members Kendra Meyers, Emily Coll and I recently attended a workshop entitled “Guiding Farmers to Legal Resilience.” A Duluth-based organization called Farm Commons sponsored the workshop. Their mission is to help farmers understand the legal ins and outs of business structures, and matters involving land, liability and insurance … Continue reading Guiding farmers to legal resilience
by Teresa Wiemerslage, field specialist, and Emily Paull, administrative specialist October 11 marked Iowa’s second statewide Local Food Day. This year schools across the state served more than 20 different locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheese, yogurt, grains, eggs and beef, pork and turkey. Fifty school districts registered at IowaLocalFoodDay.org and committed to serving at … Continue reading Ames preschool celebrates Iowa Local Food Day
October is National Farm to School Month, a time to celebrate connections happening all over the country between schools, food, and local farmers! FFED is an outreach partner with the National Farm to School Network to spread the word about this fun and important month. How is your school celebrating? In Iowa, many schools will … Continue reading Celebrate National Farm to School Month in October