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.
| Nov. 19 | Dr. Kristin Gibson, from the University of Arkansas, will be sharing the state of the science on handwashing and hand sanitizer use. |
| Dec | No NCR FSMA webinar in December. |
| Jan. 21 | Annie Fitzgerald, from NECAFS, will be speaking about the Food Safety Resources Clearinghouse. |
| Feb. 18 |
Katie Painter, from The Institute for Social and Economic Development, will be speaking about creating plain language and visual SOPs for farmers. She will also share about her organization's image library and new resources. |
Additional Funding Available
The NCR FSMA budget year began in September. Between now and August 2027, each state can utilize three, $1000 stipends.
Apply for stipends to enhance your work.
The stipends can be used for professional development events or supplies for trainings for growers or processors. These stipends are available to educators, technicians, and regulators. Non-profit staff are also eligible. Stipend recipients must have a connection to the NCR FSMA (for example attending a webinar/event or collaborating with an NCR FSMA partner).
There are also stipends available for creating new resources and reviewing resources through the Clearinghouse.
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, in collaboration with the lead regional center and the other regional centers, has developed a new evaluation to be used after the PSA training. It covers produce safety attitudes, confidence, and intention to make changes. If you would like to utilize this new evaluation form, please contact Arlene. She can set up a Qualtrics survey for remote courses and email you a print-able file for in-person courses.
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.
The NCR FSMA Center also has a new one-year follow-up survey. It's a shorter form than was previously used. It can be emailed or mailed to growers who participated in your trainings one year ago. Contact Arlene to set this up.
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.