Edible Gardening

• The California Backyard Orchard (UC Master Gardener Program)

Food Safety in Community Gardens

• California Urban Agriculture Food Safety Guide: Laws and Standard Operating Procedures for Farming Safely in the City (UCANR Publication 8660, Dec. 2020, PDF 3.7 MB)
• Food Safety in the Community Garden (North Carolina State University)  
• Food Safety in Your School Gardens, Classrooms, and Greenhouses (FS-1077) (University of Maryland Extension)
• Growing Safer Gardens -  Materials developed by Dr. Ben Chapman and his research group from North Carolina State University have been combined with other useful information in one location. From:
  • A Handbook for Beginning and Veteran Garden Organizers:  How to Reduce Food Safety Risks (PDF 1.8 MB)

Food Safety in the Edible Landscape

• Key Points of Control and Management for Microbial Food Safety: Edible Landscape Plants and Home Garden Produce (UCANR Pub 8101) (PDF 71 KB).  This publication provides a brief outline of the important components of microbial food safety practices for home gardeners and edible landscape practitioners. The diversity and scale of home garden environments, gardening practices, and food handling practices make a single approach to food safety planning in the garden unrealistic. This publication, drawn from research and practical experience, focuses on the key guiding principles of preventing contamination, reducing the survival of pathogens, and preventing cross-contamination at each step.
• Food Safety Tips for Your Edible Home Garden (English) (UCANR Pub Jan. 2015) (PDF 405 KB)
• Food Safety Tips for Your Edible Home Garden (Spanish) (UCANR Pub June 2009) (PDF 296 KB)
• Gardening Food Safety (University of Hawai'i) (PDF 388 KB)
• Nuts:  Safe Methods for Home Gardeners to Harvest, Store, and Enjoy Almonds, Chestnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, and Walnuts (2010, UCANR Pub 8407) (PDF 6.18 MB)

Flooding in the Edible Landscape

• Recovering from a Storm (North Carolina State University) (PDF 212 KB)

Pets in the Edible Landscape

• About Toxoplasmosis (CDC)

Backyard Poultry and Egg Production

Information about food safety considerations pertaining to backyard production of poultry and eggs.

• Backyard Poultry Resources - University of California Cooperative Extension
• Home-Produced Chicken Eggs - Fact sheet from Colorado State University Extension (PDF 1.5 MB)
• Small Poultry Flock Management (New Mexico State University Extension)