Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Creating a Food Safety Plan for Your Farm Workshop

Date: Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Start: 9:00 am End: 3:00 pm

Location: Ahrens Foundation 1510 Penrose Street, Grinnell, Iowa

Contact: Jason Grimm, Iowa Valley RC&D Food System Planner, (319) 270-3890, jason.greenarch@gmail.com

Come and learn about a farm’s food safety plan and how to begin creating one for your new farm. Food safety plans are important when creating a product that will be sold as food to customers. Many institutions and other buyers require certification of Good Agricultural Practices.

Learn about this certification and how to certify your operation to be able to increase your markets. At this workshop, part of the day will be in the classroom and the other part will be at a local farm where participants will be able to do a mock audit of a farms packaging facility and record keeping procedures.

Related information

This workshop is part of a beginning farmer series planned by the Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development in partnership with Practical Farmers of Iowa. All six workshops are meant to help beginning farmers answer the important questions and make sound decisions as they start a new farm business.

The workshops are part of the Local Food Producer Education and Training Program of the Iowa Corridor Food and Agriculture Coalition. The Coalition is a diverse group of organizations, agencies, and community members from the Iowa Corridor Region that includes Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn, Tama, Poweshiek, Washington, Cedar and Jones counties.

There is a fee for the workshops and attendance is limited so please register ahead.