Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** iowa valley RC & D proposes a…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** iowa valley RC & D proposes a food safety outreach project to meet the needs of the growing number of new beginning farmers, many who are historically marginalized farmers that have made eastern iowa their home. To respond to this need for additional technical assistance and coaching iowa valley RC & D proposes expanding their clean start food safety coaching program to serve an additional 100 farmers. The program has seen tremendous demand and the inability to serve every new farmer. Iowa valley proposes to expand the program as clean start 2.0 with new coaching opportunities, a new food safety innovation center, hands-on training workshops, new print and video resources in additional languages, a trained bilingual food safety trainer and new continuing education trainings for iowa GAP auditors, produce safety alliance trainers and food safety coaches through the iowa food safety professionals network.