In this email: The Produce Safety Ladder

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The Produce Safety Team

September 17th, 2024

PODCAST EPISODE

Climbing the Produce Safety Ladder

Landen Tetil & Micah Hutchison, Produce Safety Technicians

In this podcast episode, we're joined by Produce Safety Technicians Landen Tetil and Micah Hutchison to explore the concept of the "produce safety ladder." They discuss small but significant decisions you can make to climb this ladder and improve produce safety on your farm.

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ARTICLE

Climbing the Produce Safety Ladder: Good, Better, Best Approach

Micah Hutchison | Produce Safety Technician

One of the best ways to think about produce safety is as a ladder—a metaphor often used by our Upper Peninsula Technician, Landen Tetil. Each rung of the ladder is a step toward achieving excellence, with the top rung representing the "gold standard" in produce safety. The first rung is acknowledging that on-farm food safety is critical for the farm’s success. The key is to approach the process with a "Good, Better, Best" mindset, allowing you to gradually implement practices without feeling overwhelmed. Read Article

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Sharpening Risk Identification Skills with the Produce Safety Risk Assessment

Allissa Conley | Produce Safety Technician

It is important to be able to identify risks on the farm, because they have the potential to contaminate produce headed to the fresh market that can make the consumer sick, while also affecting the farm on the business level. Read Article