Event Details
Date
March 23, 2015
Time
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location
Sweetland Farm
9732 State Route 96
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Cost
$10.00 per person
(additional attendee $15.00 ea.)
two or more people per farm
Host
Cornell Vegetable Program and NOFA-NYRobert Hadad
585-739-4065
email Robert Hadad
Pre-Registration Deadline: March 18, 2015
Farm Food Safety for Post-Harvest Handling and Small-Scale, Low-Cost Facility Design
March 23, 2015
Join NOFA-NY and Cornell Vegetable Program's Robert Hadad to learn how to design, build, and operate a small-scale, DIY post-harvest handling system! This workshop will focus on the trifecta of good washing and handling—food safety, maintaining high quality and efficiency, and affordability for new and small growers. Includes a discussion and hands-on demonstration of how to design and set-up your wash line, tables, and packing shed, with a focus on safe and efficient product flow to separate “dirty” field harvested produce from the washed and “clean” final product. Look at setting up standard operating practices covering a range of methods of washing produce, as well as the why and how of using organic sanitizers. Exam clean-up procedures and post-harvest handling considerations.
$10/person and $15/two or more people per farm.
To pre-register, call Stephanie at 585-271-1979 ext. 509. Pre-registration is encouraged and closes at 4:00 PM on March 18. Contact Robert Hadad or 585-739-4065 for more info.
