Marissa Schuh, IPM Extension Educator If you have a commercial (applying pesticides for hire), noncommercial (using RUPs on property owned or controlled by your employer), or private pesticide applicator license (apply RUPs to land or sites you own, rent, or manage for the production of an ag commodity), UMN Extension is offering an online recertification training on February 19th focused on fruit and vegetable pest updates and pesticide information. Photo by Pixabay When: February 19; 7:45-11:45 (private applicators) or 7:45-3:35 (Commercial/Noncommercial applicators) Where: Zoom (will need working microphone, camera, and sound on a laptop, desktop, or tablet) Workshop fee: $100 for private, $145 for CNC What: Agenda here Registration deadline: February 12th CNC registration Private applicator registration For information on this and other recertification courses, as well as registration information, see the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Educatio...
Winter Food Safety Trainings - learn strategies during the winter to keep your crops safe all season long
Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, food safety We are happy to share a number of on-farm food safety training opportunities open to all fruit and vegetable farmers from UMN Extension this winter. These trainings are intended for fruit and vegetable farmers of all sizes who are interested in learning how to improve food safety and product quality. If you are selling or interested in selling to buyers such as farm to school programs, food shelves or food hubs these courses are strongly encouraged, but food safety is good business for all farms. Topics: Best practices to improve safety in growing, harvesting, washing and handling of fresh fruits and vegetables Compost/manure use, water testing, safely washing vegetables, coolers, packing area designs and ideas, wildlife and pets, low-cost handwashing stands, and more Creating written procedures to improve safety and efficiency on your farm and meet requirements for a GAP audit and the FSMA Produce Safety Rule Online Half-Da...