Upcoming Discussions
- Webinars for NCR partners (educators, regulators, non-profit staff, and growers/processors) happen the third Thursday of each month at 2:00 pm, Central time. If you have a topic you would like to see discussed during these session or would like to lead a discussion, we would like to hear from you. Contact us for call-in details or to submit a suggested topic.
- Past Sessions- find recordings and the chat in the NCR CyBox. Don't have access? Contact Ellen.
| June | FSOP project update |
| July | Byron Chaves will be giving a processing talk |
| Aug | Two FSOP project updates |
Additional Funding Available
We did not budget as much money for stipends in this round of funding as we did in previous iterations of the project. However, there is a small amount of funding available. There is a $500 stipend for each state, each year of the project. You can use those funds for professional development events or supplies for trainings geared towards under-served growers or processors. There are a small number of stipends available for creating new resources and reviewing resources through the Clearinghouse.
Please fill out the application before you spend any money.
Please contact Ellen with questions about the stipends.
Alternate Curricula Review
During the 2021-2024 grant funding, a review of proposed alternate curricula was available. The NCR FSMA is no longer facilitating this process.
Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Evaluations
The NCR FSMA Center is not collecting pre- and post-knowledge assessments for trainings after June 30, 2022. Contact us for information if you would like us to set up a Qualtrics form, for your own evaluation projects.
Reports
The evaluation team at the NCR FSMA analyzed the results of the pre- and post-test knowledge assessments from July through June of each year. The results are found below.
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020 results
2018-2019
2017-2018 results
One year after participants completed a PSA course, the NCR FSMA asked them to report on the changes they had made on their farms. You can read the entire report and the executive summary below. The NCR FSMA will no longer send follow-up surveys to growers in the region. If you'd like help setting up your own survey, please contact us.
- 2022 Full Report
- 2021 Full Report
- 2021 Executive Summary
- 2020 Full Report
region_ka_report_2022_final.pdf - 2019 Full Report
all_states_results_12_month_follow_up_survey_2019_final.pdf - 2019 Executive Summary
executive_summary_12_month_follow_up_survey_2019.pdf
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.
This work is supported by the Food Safety Outreach Program [grant no. 2018-70020-28877; grant no. 2021-70020-35732; and grant no. 2024-70020-42954] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.