No, renting or buying a porta potty is not an eligible expense. All expenses must fit under the following categories in order to be eligible:
- Water testing for generic E. coli
- Plastic or paper liners
- Harvest collection tools
- Market containers
- Supplies to build or purchase a portable handwashing station
- Supplies to build or purchase a portable produce washing station
- Canvas bags
- Sanitizer used for wash water and food contact surfaces
- Consultation fees for developing an on-farm food safety plan
- Waxed boxes
- Harvest totes
- Carts and pull wagons
A fully covered farm would have a status letter from the Produce Safety Program advising that their farm is covered and would have spoken to one of our inspectors to schedule an initial on-farm inspection. If you’re uncertain if you’ve had an inspection by our program, we can look up your farm name and verify your status within our farm inventory.
A fully covered farm would have a status letter from the Produce Safety Program advising that their farm is covered and would have spoken to one of our inspectors to schedule an initial on-farm inspection. If you’re uncertain if you’ve had an inspection by our program, we can look up your farm name and verify your status within our farm inventory.
Eligibility
Yes, previous awardees may apply again this year.
Yes, previous awardees may apply again this year.
Yes, previous awardees may apply again this year.
Selection Process
If you are eligible in more than one funding category, your application will be included in the randomized selection for each round that your application qualifies for.
Example: An applicant's farm was confirmed to be fully covered and subject to routine inspection under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule in 2023. The applicant has also attended a Produce Safety Rule Grower Training.
This application would be entered in the selection round for farms that were confirmed to be fully covered in 2023. If not selected/awarded, they would then be entered into next selection round they are eligible for (the training round, in this case). If not selected/awarded, they would then be entered into the 5th and final round. This round consists of all remaining eligible applicants that haven't been awarded in a previous round.
Depending on what funding categories an application qualifies under, an application could be included in at minimum 1 round but maximum 5 rounds.