Produce Program

Tips for cleaning and sanitizing food contact surfaces to prevent contamination of produce.

Produce safety practices that can help you prevent postharvest water from contaminating produce.

campaign features Vermont farmers telling their stories, a message that puts a face with the product and invites all Vermonters to value the food they buy, how it’s produced, and who grows it.

Produce safety practices can help you prevent irrigation water from contaminating produce.

Produce safety practices can help you prevent feces from wildlife or farm animals from contaminating produce.

Everyone on the farm should be trained to prevent contamination of fruits and vegetables with pathogens that can cause severe illness.

Here’s a list of some “best practices” you might already be implementing, have been meaning to do, or… don’t even want to think about. This isn’t meant to overwhelm you, but to provide reminders of things you may want to act on. The list is not in priority order, and is kind of random…send me your ideas on topics I should have included!

While you're preparing equipment, tools, and buildings for the growing season, use these three quick tips to prevent contamination of produce with pathogens that could get someone sick.

When I first heard the term “specialty crop,” I thought of niche specialty food products, such as elderberry jam, maple-flavored granola, and Vermont wine. I did not think of staple foods like potatoes and onions, nor did I expect that over half of the 6,808 Vermont farms counted in the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture grow specialty crops.

Do you need a hand washing station at your farm, orchard, farmers market, or other agritourism business?