Food Safety and Post Harvest Handling

Resources that are referenced in the FamilyFarmed.org "Wholesale Success" trainings are posted on this page.

FSMA PRoduce Rule

Are You Affected By The Produce Rule? Interactive Flow Chart

Food Safety: Free On-line Tools for Writing Food Safety Manuals

• FamilyFarmed Food Safety Templates
• Cornell Food Safety Template
• Write a Food Safety Plan On-line Question Tree || Familyfarmed.org
  • Create a Land-Use, Potential Pathogen, and Water Map || Familyfarmed.org
  • Write a Standard Operating Procedure
• Cornell Sample Food Safety SOPs and Log Sheets || Cornell

Food Safety: Training

• GAPs Worker Training Videos || North Carolina (8 topics in English and Spanish)
• Cornell Worker Educational Materialshttps://gaps.cornell.edu/educational-materials/
• Food Safety Decision Trees || Cornell University

Food Safety: Checklists

Food Safety: Legal Issues

• Farmers' Guide to Reducing the Legal Risks of a Food Safety Incident || Farm Commons

Food Safety : Hand Washing Station Designs

• How to Build a Handwashing Station in 10 Easy Steps For Under $20 || Michele Schermann, U of MN
• Knee controlled sink

Food Safety: Information

• Farming With Food Safety And Conservation in Mind || Wild Farm
• An Illustrated Guide to Growing Safe Produce on Your Farm || ATTRA

Food Safety: 3rd Party Audits

• “Good Agricultural Practices for Small and Diversified Farms: Tips and Strategies to Reduce Risk and Pass an Audit” Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA)

Food Safety: Leafy Greens

• Improving the Safety and Quality of Organic Leafy Greens Webinar EOrganic

Post Harvest Handling

Wholesale Success: A Farmer’s Guide to Selling, Post Harvest Handling, and Packing Produce |FamilyFarmed.org

Some sections of Wholesale Success are available online at MISA.

• Cover, Introduction, Table of Contents (PDF, 1.3 Mb)
• Section 1: Selling Into Wholesale Markets
• Section 2: Preharvest Preparation
• Section 3: Harvesting
• Section 4: Cooling and Curing (PDF, 2.4 Mb)
• Section 5: Cleaning and Drying (PDF, 2.4 Mb)
• Section 6: Sorting and Packing (PDF, 2.8 Mb)
• Section 7: Storage and Transportation
• Section 8: Packing Shed Design
• Section 9: Postharvest Sanitation (PDF, 172 kb)
• Section 10: Food Safety
• Section 11: Crop Profiles

Post Harvest: Grading and Standards

• Quality / Standards and Regulations | Purdue University
• Illustrated Guides to Grading Vegetables | Purdue University

Post Harvest: Tool Design

• Pack and Cool: Portable Cooling | NC Extension Service
• On-Farm Storage Experts || Force Air Cooler and Consulting

Post Harvest: Products

• PeakFresh: Ethylene and Humidity Management - Polyethylene Liners
• Chico Wash: Sanitizer
• Food Safety Equipment and Supply List || UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Packaging Suppliers

• Globe Bag Co
• Innovative Packaging Solutions
• ProducePackaging
• Produce Packing Inc
• Rockford Package
• Uline

Post Harvest Handling: Manuals and Information

• Post Harvest Center | UC Davis
• Production Guide For Storage Of Organic Fruits and Vegetables | Cornell University

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program || USDA

Worker Food Safety Training