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High Tunnel Produce Marketing Tips & Best On-Farm Food Safety Practices Workshop Series, Part 1
TCCC Center for Applied Technology2415 Airport RoadMarble, NC 28905
This is no cost workshop & lunch is included.Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Christina Newhouse at 8283612266 or email:
Tuesday, July 12, 20169 AM - 4:30 PM
Please come and join us for a day of learning on how to improve your farm business. This workshop
will cover two vital pieces of a successful farm business, Marketing and OnFarm Best Food Safety
Practices. The morning session will focus on the marketing of your high tunnel produce and farm
products by giving you marketing tips, resources, and inform you about costshares available to
aide in your marketing efforts. The afternoon session will focus on Fresh Produce Food Safety by
conducting a handson field trip to the Cherokee Co. CoOp Ext. High Tunnel Site.
Class Instructors
Diane Ducharme NCSU Ext. Associate in Horticulture & Food Safety GAPs Program Coordinator
Christina Newhouse Smoky Mtn. High Tunnel Initiative, Small Farm SpecialistMolly Nicholie Program Director, ASAP Local Food Campaign
Kathryn Jenkins TCCC Small Business Center DirectorKeith Wood Cherokee Co. Extension Agent, Agriculture
Sponsored By:Partners:
take water samples from 3 different water sources for quantitative Generic E. coli
determine water testing results & what they mean
chlorinate water for remeditation & as a santizer
determine water pH & contact time
take soil samples
identify onfarm food safety hazards
clean harvest equipment and much more...............
This workshop is the 1st in a series of 3 workshops addressing the topics of marketing, multi season crop production,
financial planning, and practical applications for fresh produce safety. The workshop dates are July 12, Aug. 23, and
Dec. 6. The December workshop will close the series with a 3 county farm services and local resources Expo.
All of these skills are needed to grow and harvest safe produce to deliver to your consumer. We
want to help you succeed in being the best producer as possible and be profitable at the same time!
The class will learn how to properly do the following on-farm practices: