Attention Institutional Food Buyers!

Join experts from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA) for an educational event about food safety and regulations related to local food and farm-to-institution. Bring your questions about local food purchasing. Network with other institutional food service representatives. Learn about on farm food safety practices used by local growers. This event is FREE!

Agenda:
9:00 – Welcome by Fresh Connect Food Hub
9:15 – Local Food Regulations with Jane Jewett from MISA
10:00 – Purchasing from Producers: Facts and Fictions and Farm Food Safety, with Michele Schermann and Annalisa Hultberg from the University of Minnesota’s GAPs Education Program
11:00 – Q & A
11:30 – Tour of the Fresh Connect Food Hub Facilities
12:00 – Tasty lunch and lively Grower/Producer Panel Discussion

Location: Lakes Country Service Cooperative
1001 E. Mt. Faith in Fergus Falls, 56537
This event, including the lunch, is free. Mileage reimbursement is available upon request. Please RSVP: https://umn.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3kmscgaXyoxuoAZ
Or, contact Noelle Harden, harde073@umn.edu, 218-280-5253