Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, food safety If you are selling your produce to a school, early care or other institution, you might be asked about your food safety practices. The following information is meant to help clarify what is required and what is allowed under Minnesota state food code when farms sell to markets like schools and other institutions. What is allowed under law? To be clear, as per Minnesota state statute, locally grown food is legal to procure for school meal programs and other foodservice settings. A farmer is not required to get any sort of license or inspection to sell to these buyers, as long as they grow and sell their own product, or what is called "product of the farm". This means product that a farmer grows with no off-farm ingredients added. As per the Minnesota Department of Health, food grown by farmers is an "approved source" . What about a GAP audit? A buyer might ask for a GAP audit, which is a verification of Goo...
