Contents
- FSMA: Produce Rule
- FSMA: Preventive Controls
- Food Safety: Free On-line Tools for Writing Food Safety Manuals
- Food Safety: Training
- Food Safety: Checklists
- Food Safety: Legal Issues
- Food Safety : Hand Washing Station Designs
- Food Safety: Information
- Food Safety: 3rd Party Audits
- Food Safety: Leafy Greens
- Post Harvest Handling
- Post Harvest: Grading and Standards
- Post Harvest: Tool Design
- Post Harvest: Products
- Packaging Suppliers
- Post Harvest Handling: Manuals and Information
- Farm Storage Facility Loan Program || USDA
- Fruits, Vegetables and Food Safety: Food Safety Begins On The Farm
- How to Clean and Sanitize a Three Compartment Sink
FSMA: Produce Rule
FSMA: Preventive Controls
- Who is subject to FDA’s Food Facilities Rule? – PART 1 || NSAC
- Who is subject to FDA’s Food Facilities Rule? – PART 2 || NSAC
- Who is subject to FDA’s Food Facilities Rule? – PART 3 || NSAC
Food Safety: Free On-line Tools for Writing Food Safety Manuals
- 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
- Write a Food Safety Plan Template and Record Keeping Logs || Michele Schermann, U of MN
Food Safety: Training
- Cornell Worker Training Video || Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Safety: Health and Hygiene on the Farm, (English, Spanish, Hmong, Creole) || Cornell University
- GAPs Worker Training Videos || North Carolina (8 topics in English and Spanish)
- Cornell Worker Educational Materials
- Food Safety Checklist and Decision Trees || Cornell University
Food Safety: Checklists
- USDA GAP/GPH Audit Verification Checklist || USDA
- Good Agricultural and Handling Practices Audit Checklist || Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension
- Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Annual Self Audit || Penn State
- Safe Food Checklist || Michigan Safe Food Farm Certificate Program
- Cornell University Grower Self Assessment of Food Safety Risks || Purchase || Free Download
Food Safety: Legal Issues
Food Safety : Hand Washing Station Designs
- How to Build a Handwashing Station in 10 Easy Steps For Under $20 || Michele Schermann, U of MN
- Plans to make a “Tippy-Tap” hand washing station || ECHO || YouTube Video
Food Safety: Information
- Farming With Food Safety And Conservation in Mind || Wild Farm
- Food Safety Power Point || Familyfarmed.org
- GAP Educational Materials || Cornell University
- NCMarketReady || NC State University
- GAPS Manual: Good Agricultural Practices for Small Diversified Farms: Tips and Strategies to Reduce Risk and Pass an Audit || NC State U and CFSA
- 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
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
- Fresh Market Vegetable Grade Standards | USDA
Post Harvest: Tool Design
- Cool and Ship: Low-Cost, Portable Forced-Air Cooler | NC Extension Service
- Pack and Cool: Portable Cooling | NC Extension Service
Contact Lu Yoder for plans to build this bicycle powered root washer || bravelittleship@gmail.com
Post Harvest: Products
- PeakFresh: Ethylene and Humidity Management – Polyethylene Liners
- Chico Wash: Sanitizer
- Food Safety Equipment and Supply List || UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture
- On-Farm Storage Experts || Force Air Cooler and Consulting
Packaging Suppliers
- Globe Bag Co
- Innovative Packaging Solutions
- Monte Packaging
- PeakFresh
- ProducePackaging
- Produce Packing Inc
- Rockford Package
- Uline
Post Harvest Handling: Manuals and Information
- Small-Scale Post-Harvest Handling Practices: A Manual for Horticultural Crops | UC Davis
- Post Harvest Facts for Vegetables | UC Davis
- Links to a Comprehensive Collection of Post Harvest Handling Resources | UC Davis
- Properties and Recommended Conditions for the Long Term Storage of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, by Dr. Marita Cantwell.
- Production Guide For Storage Of Organic Fruits and Vegetables | Cornell University
- Post-Harvest Handling Decision Tool | Leopold Center
- Tunnel Forced-Air Coolers for Fresh Fruits & Vegetables | Ontario Department of Agriculture
