{"id":1575,"date":"2021-10-07T10:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:22:04","slug":"vermont-produce-program-announces-produce-safety-supply-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2021\/10\/07\/vermont-produce-program-announces-produce-safety-supply-kits\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont Produce Program Announces Produce Safety Supply Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Gina Clithero at VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/image002.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1577\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/image002.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"image002-png\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1577\" \/><\/a>The Agency of Agriculture&#8217;s Produce Program is providing farms with new containers and cleaning supplies to improve food safety and efficiency. Forty approved applicants will receive a complete Produce Safety Supply Kit, including include a bucket, brush, squeegee, and a custom number of containers based on their request and available supply. Vermont farms that grow, harvest, pack, or hold fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, herbs, or nuts, and are enrolled in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cloud.agriculture.vermont.gov\/FSMA\/Pages\/Login.aspx\">Vermont Produce Portal<\/a>, are eligible. Farms of all sizes are encouraged to apply. Farms with over $28,561 in average annual produce sales over the past three years will be prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>Apply here: <a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/produceprogram\/vermont-produce-safety-improvement-grants\/produce-safety-supply-kits\"> Produce Safety Supply Kit Application:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deadline to apply: Friday, October 22nd at noon<\/p>\n<p>If your application is selected, you will need to pick up your supply kit at the Vermont Agriculture and Environmental Lab on Wednesday, October 27 or Monday, November 1. Please direct any questions to Gina Clithero at  gina.clithero or 802-585-6225.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina Clithero <\/strong><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypronouns.org\/\">she\/her<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Development Specialist<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Produce Program | Vermont Specialty Crop Block Grant Program<\/p>\n<p>Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets<\/p>\n<p>116 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2901<\/p>\n<p>gina.clithero | (802) 585-6225<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"vermontagriculture.com\">vermontagriculture.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/covid-19-information\" title=\"https:\/\/agriculture.vermont.gov\/covid-19-information\"><strong>COVID-19 Updates and Resources Here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/blc-2X\">Sign up to receive email updates on marketing opportunities, events, and grants! <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/Produce-Safety-Supply-Kit-newsletter-tile.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1578\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/Produce-Safety-Supply-Kit-newsletter-tile.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"produce-safety-supply-kit-newsletter-tile-png\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/Produce-Safety-Supply-Kit-newsletter-tile-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/files\/2021\/10\/Produce-Safety-Supply-Kit-newsletter-tile-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Gina Clithero at VT Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets: The Agency of Agriculture&#8217;s Produce Program is providing farms with new containers and cleaning supplies to improve food safety and efficiency. Forty approved applicants will receive a complete Produce Safety Supply Kit, including include a bucket, brush, squeegee, and a custom number of containers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/2021\/10\/07\/vermont-produce-program-announces-produce-safety-supply-kits\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vermont Produce Program Announces Produce Safety Supply Kits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Terence Bradshaw","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/author\/tbradsha\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4nZlV-pp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fruit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}