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We Provide Customized Support to Improve Cleaning & Sanitizing on Your Farm
Our multi-state team is creating and sharing educational resources to improve produce safety and efficiency on your farm.
Resources
Visit our SCRUB resources page for cleaning schedules, logs, SOPs and more…
Looking for More Resources?
Food Safety Clearing House
A Resource Library for Educators and Growers
Trainings, Workshops & Conferences
Our first round of workshops called Twilight Highlight’s were recorded and available for playback. Topics included:
- Bins
- Doing More with Less
- Floors
- Wash Water
- Employee Management
- Bubblers
Our second round of twilight highlights are scheduled now through March 2023, see the events page to view the schedule.
Get Involved!
We want to hear from you. Here are ways you can engage.
Participant
- Attend education events
- Test different resources
- Receive technical assistance for your own farm
- Get e-mail updates
- Free participation
Partner
- Help plan or host workshops
- Get showcased as part of a photo/video case study
- Stipends Provided
Advisor
- Volunteer to give us feedback on the topics we plan to address
- Review educational products we develop
If you would like to participate in any of these ways please let us know!
Farmer’s Voice Survey: Cleaning & Food Safety
We asked and you answered! The responses will impact the resources we make to be helpful for you.
Project Members
University of Vermont Extension
Vern Grubinger – Vegetable Specialist
Hans Estrin – Produce Safety Specialist
Chris Callahan – Agricultural Engineer
Andy Chamberlin – Agricultural Engineering Technician
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Robert Hadad – Vegetable Program Specialist
Michigan State University
Phil Tocco – Extension Educator
Previous Project Members:
Caitlin Tucker – CCE, Vegetable Program
Ava DeBovis- NFU, Food Safety Project Manager
Billy Mitchell – NFU, FSMA Training Coordinator
Tricia Wancko – NFU, Food Safety Project Manager
Acknowledgements
This program is led by University of Vermont Extension, the National Farmers Union Foundation, and Cornell Cooperative Extension, as part of the Food Safety Outreach Program. Grant number 2020-70020-33003 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. It is offered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law.
