Food Safety in the School Garden and on the Farm

Presenters: Rick Sherman, Farm to School and School Garden Coordinator, Child Nutrition Services, Oregon Department of Education Reid Watkins, Certifications Specialist, Market Access and Certifications, Oregon Department of Agriculture Bruce Prenguber, Agricultural Economist, Globalwise, Inc. Moderator: Amy Gilroy, Farm to School Manager, Agricultural Development and Marketing, Oregon Department of Agriculture

• Healthy Farms Healthy People Coalition

– National Advisory Group

– Policy and economic research on topics at the intersection of health and agriculture.

A First Look at Produce Safety on Selected Oregon Farms

• Understand market conditions for produce safety certification – GAP/GHP

• Knowledge of grower attitudes and motivation

• Estimations of associated on-farm costs of produce safety practices

Examination of Produce Safety on selected Oregon farms

USDA Unprocessed Fruit and Vegetable Pilot

Vendor Eligibility: - Domestic Origin - Suppliers and Subcontracts have food safety audit certification

and Product Segregation Plan - Food Safety Plan - If supplying fresh-cut fruits an vegetables must have Hazard

Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plan

USDA Webinar for vendors: February 19

11 – 12:30pm Details forthcoming