Farm Food Safety

Farming is a risky business. Farm food safety allows you to manage that risk especially if you are selling your products to a vulnerable population such as schools. Farm food safety allows producers to evaluate potential hazards to their products, to create measures to prevent contamination and to develop written food safety plans.

Food safety plans allow producers to enhance worker sanitation, harvesting, handling, packaging, storage and transportation standards of fresh produce. Overall, the plans help a producer protect their product from "seed" to "sold". By completing a farm food safety plan, producers can differentiate themselves in the marketplace and appeal to many consumers who perceive this training as an added benefit.

For these reasons, attend a Food Safety workshop in Nebraska to help you develop your own Farm Food Safety Plan!

Farm Food Safety Training with GAPS
Two-day Workshop
9 am to 4 pm

March 2 & 9
Hall County Extension -- College Park
3180 W. Highway 34, Grand Island, NE

March 10 & 17
Nemaha County 4-H Building
Nemaha County Fairgrounds, 816 I St., Auburn, NE

March 18 & 25
West Central Research & Extension Center
402 W. State Farm Road, North Platte, NE

April 14 & 21
Box Butter County Extension Office
415 Black Hills Avenue, Alliance, NE

Pre-registration is required and due one week prior to first session date.
For more information or to register for one of the workshops,
email GAPS@unl.edu or call 402/472-2940.