Monday, February 22, 2010

Food Safety from Farm to Plate

Choices 2010 is holding a conference on March 10-11, 2010 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing. This year's conference theme is Collaboration: There's Room at the Table. This annual conference is known for its idea of being the “conference that celebrates food, health and collaboration.”

On Thursday, March 11th one of the breakout sessions is Food Safety from Farm to Plate. This presentation will be lead by Jan Sietz, Eileen Haraminac, and Phillip Tocco from MSU Extension. All three presenters have a strong background in nutrition and agriculture and hope to educate workshop members in food safety.
Participants will learn to
"explain the importance of purchasing food from reputable supplier, define the HACCP food safety process and describe when HACCP is to be followed by food processors, and list procedures consumers need to follow to ensure and maintain the safety of foods purchased."

This conference is a great opportunity for anyone to come and learn about current food issues. This workshop too is highly recommended. For more information about registration or any other questions, please visit the Choices Conference website at:
http://web7.anr.msu.edu/choices/Home.aspx



Monday, February 1, 2010

2010 MSU Student Organic Farm Workshops and Tours

Come check out MSU's Organic Farm located at the Horticulture Teaching and Research Center (3291 College Rd, Holt, MI 48842) during one of several tours open to farmers and the general public.

These tours are being held:
Monday, March 15 3-4:30pm
Tuesday, April 20 2:30-4pm
Monday, May 10 3-4:30pm
Friday, June 18 10-11:30am
Monday, July 19 6-7:30pm
Monday, August 9 6-7:30pm
Tuesday, September 14 3-4:30pm

Workshops focusing on year-round production and marketing opportunities are also being held. These have limited space are reserved for commercial farmers.

Workshop dates include:
Thursday, June 24 9:30am-4pm
Monday, September 27 9:30am-4pm

Both tours and workshops are free of cost! But registration is required. To register contact Adam Montri at admontri@msu.edu or 517-355-5191 X1407.