Upcoming Training & Events
Here you will find various trainings and events offered throughout the Southern Center. Check back often for updates.
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Southern Region Integrated Produce Safety conference (SRIPS)
The 2025 Southern Region Integrated Produce Safety conference took place at the Embassy Suites and Conference Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a two-day program conference gathered by a group of regulatory bodies from states from the Southeast region of US along with growers, Extension educators and produce safety researchers. In addition, there was a tour on day three to the Tuskegee University Black Belt Marketing and Innovation Center dedicated to research and education.
For presentations and program book, please go to: Resources.
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SRIPS 2024:
2024 Conference was held in Greenville, SC and gathered a number of organizations, researchers, Extension educators, growers, and regulatory bodies from the Southern region, and a wide variety of topics and the latest approaches relevant to FSMA and produce safety were discussed on.
For more information, event program and presentations, go here: Resources
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food
*Registration Required | Next training:
- PCQI- In Person: October 20-22, 2026- Lake Alfred: https://fspca102026.eventbrite.com
- PCQI Train The Trainer: TBA
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Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) Training
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
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Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training
*Registration Required, Please Review Individual Course Registration Requirements
In-person trainings- FL (One day):
- September 1st- Marianna
https://psa090126.eventbrite.com - September 23rd- Homestead
https://psa092326.eventbrite.com - September 25th- St. Augustine
https://psa092526.eventbrite.com - October 14th - Jacksonville
https://psa101426.eventbrite.com - December 2nd- Lake Alfred
https://psa120226.eventbrite.com
Remote trainings- FL (Three days):
- October6th– 8th
https://psa100626.eventbrite.com - November17th- 19th
https://psa111726.eventbrite.com
- September 1st- Marianna
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Produce Safety Alliance Integrated Grower and Train-the-Trainer Program
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now.
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Produce Safety Alliance Train-the-Trainer.
*Registration Required
- PSA TTT December 4th-5th, 2025, Lake Alfred, FL: Train-the-Trainer Course | CALS
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Advanced PSA Training
*This course is for those who have taken a PSA Train-the-Trainer course
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now.
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Packinghouse HACCP
- University of GA- Remote: August 17-20, 2026 https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/events/packinghouse-haccp-virtual/
- https://bit.ly/PackingHouseHACCPAug26
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On-Farm GAP & Food Safety Workshops
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
