{"id":2203,"date":"2020-06-26T09:38:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:24:22","slug":"hbcu-researchers-probe-farmers-market-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/hbcu-researchers-probe-farmers-market-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"HBCU researchers probe farmers’ market safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UMES partners with Va. State and Del. State in three-year USDA-funded project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 26, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensuring produce sold at Delmarva farmers’ markets is safe and preparing local farmers to comply with a federal Food Safety Modernization Act in 2021 are twin objectives of a nearly half-million dollar U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Salina Parveen, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore professor of food science and technology, is part of a team of researchers from historically black institutions that will use a \u201cCapacity Building\u201d grant to familiarize farmers with safe-practice expectations in the new federal law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team will be led by Dr. Chyer Kim, a food scientist at Virginia State University in Petersburg.  Dr. Theresa Nartea, a marketing Extension agent with the Virginia Cooperative Extension and scientists at Delaware State University will also participate in the three-year project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of farmers’ markets on Delmarva – and across the country – has steadily increased over the past 20 years as small farmers increasingly rely on Direct-to-Consumer sales strategies such as farmers’ markets, roadside stands and Community Supported Agriculture, Parveen said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Stillerman, a senior analyst with the Food and Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, reported in 2017 that over 167,000 farms sold $8.7 billion worth of food to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USDA-funded research project, Parveen said, aims to \u201cassess the bacterial communities, level of foodborne pathogens and prevalence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on at-risk food products purchased at farmers markets on Delmarva, and to investigate the pathogen transmissions among neighboring states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers will also \u201cdevelop research-based training modules on safe food production and handling,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The findings from the study titled, \u201cPreparing for the Future: Building Capacity for Food Safety Compliance at Farmers Markets<\/em>,\u201d will be used to conduct research and workshops for stakeholders through each of the institutions’ researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gail Stephens, agricultural communications and media associate, School of Agricultural & Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 410-621-3850<\/em>, gcstephens@umes.edu<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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