April 29, 2025 8:00 AM- 4:30PM Delaware Department of Agriculture 2320 S Dupont Highway Dover DE 19901 Topics will include: Introduction to Produce Safety Worker Health, Hygiene, and Training Soil Amendments Wildlife, Domesticated Animals, and Land Use Agricultural Water… Continue Reading
April 25, 2025 9:00AM-4:00 PM Wye Research and Education Center 124 Wye Narrows Drive Queenstown, MD 21658 This workshop will help growers understand the recent changes to the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) Subpart E Agricultural Water Assessment requirements, how to… Continue Reading
Farm Registration Launched in early 2022, the Delaware Produce Safety Portal will become the preferred way for new and existing farms to submit their mandatory annual registration information and apply for exemptions. Mandatory Farm Registration As of 2019, the Delaware… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu The FDA is proposing to revise certain pre-harvest agricultural water requirements for covered produce (other than sprouts) in Subpart E of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. This… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu In Delaware, all vegetable growers, including those who grow vegetables for processing, are required to register their farms with the Produce Food Safety Program of the Delaware Department of Agriculture. As of… Continue Reading
