Welcome to the online food safety training for university farms.  Food safety with fresh produce has been an increasing concern in recent years. This online training is meant to educate untrained workers on safe food production handling.  It teaches identification of biological, physical, and chemical hazards within the field.

Find the videos by using the menu to the left.  Through these videos, you will learn different prevention strategies to help reduce or eliminate risks from occurring. Quizzes will be available on the website and administered at the end of each section of the training. Additional activities and case studies are provided on the website to assist with further identifying hazards associated with produce. A resource manual is also available on the website to provide university farm managers more in-depth information.

Please note that university farm instructors should complete a full length, nationally-approved Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) short course training.  Instructors should be fully knowledgeable about how to minimize food safety risks within the field.

If you have further questions about this training, please e-mail us at IowaFSMA@iastate.edu or contact by phone at (515) 294-0868.

Activities- An Answer Key for all Activities and Quizzes can be found in the Instructor Resources.

• What Would You Do- Javier.pdf -Javier PDF  What Would You Do- Javier ANSWER KEY.pdf
• "What would you do?" - Allison PDF   What Would You Do- Allison ANSWER KEY.pdf
• Match the Hazard PDF  Match the Hazard ANSWER KEY.pdf
• Word Game PDF   What Doesn't Belong ANSWER KEY.pdf

Download Quiz

• All Sections PDF  University Quiz ANSWER KEY.pdf

Updated University Instructor Manual.pdf

ISU Extension and Outreach has several publications to offer safety guidance for growers and processors.  Download the FREE pdf's for Farmers Markets and Community Supported Agriculture.