1. Development and assessment of a food safety training program for farmers’ market vendors
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Scheinberg, Joshua (author), Radhakrishna, Rama (author), and Cutter, Catherine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-12-19
- Published:
- USA: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12832
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 60, N. 4
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Based on results collected through a comprehensive needs assessment of farmers market (FM) vendors in Pennsylvania, the purpose of this study was to develop and pilot-test a customized, food safety training program for FM vendors. A customized 3-hour, in-person, training program was developed and pilot tested. Using pre- and post-test assessment tests through piloted training, the results found participants scores on knowledge questions increased significantly by ~20%.