Cooking & Food Safety
We offer educational resources, including online certifications for Texas food handlers, on cooking and food safety. Whether you are a cottage food producer, a farmer’s market vendor or you are cooking for your family, our resources teach all Texans the basics of safe food handling, preparation, cooking, serving and storing.
Related Departments: Food Science & Technology, Nutrition

Cooking Well Series

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Created by teachers, this multifaceted garden, nutrition, and physical activities curriculum is evidence-based and academically rich.
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Spanish Version. Created by teachers, this multifaceted garden, nutrition, and physical activities curriculum is evidence-based and academically rich.
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Set of five children’s books featured in the Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! curriculum.
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Interested in selling food at a Texas farmers’ market? Need to know what permits are required? This one hour online course provides valuable information for potential vendors about the rules and regulations of Texas farmers’ markets.
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Research shows that implementing policies can help promote behavior change. This one-hour course will walk learners through the steps of policy development, implementation and evaluation.