Oris has operated an incubator farming program with resettled refugee and other immigrant ("new american") beginning farmers since 2008 and launched a regional food hub during 2020.this project will…

Oris has operated an incubator farming program with resettled refugee and other immigrant ("new american") beginning farmers since 2008 and launched a regional food hub during 2020.this project will leverage that experience to deliver linguistically and culturally food safety education and outreach with these target populations that adhere to produce safety alliance (PSA) grower training content standards and result in afdo certification. Training for farmers will be adapted to producers by translating materials and content to two languages (kiswahili and kinyarwanda), as well as providing cultural context and appropriately pacing instruction for audiences with limited english language proficiency. These adaptations will help the targeted producers' and processors' attainment of this certification, and will allow oris's nascent fresh start farms food hub to remain complaint with food safety and modernization act standards and regulations and expand its mission of delivering local, affordable food to all residents of southern new hampshire.?