Food Safety
Check out these resources on ensuring your garden produce aligns with food safety standards:
IL Garden Produce Public Act
IL Public Act 100-0505 passed in June 2018 which allows schools to serve fresh garden produce grown by students with safety protocols in place. You can read it by clicked on the link above.
NFSN Garden to Cafeteria (GTC) Safety Toolkit
Best Practices for Food Safety in the School Garden provides a short list of points of concern for garden food safety practices and links to best practices.
WSDA Farm to School
Best Practices for Food Safety in the School Garden provides a short list of points of concern for garden food safety practices and links to best practices.
Iowa State University Extension
Make Food Safety a Priority in Your Garden contains a 5-page toolkit with steps to ensure garden foods are safe to consume.The kit includes Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Handling Practices (GHP).
USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Food Safety Tips for School Gardens is a 6-page guide with tips which lead to written practices for safe garden food management. This tool kit includes safety practices from choosing the garden site, to chemical usage, planting and harvest.