Food Safety Focus Groups
~Paid Opportunity~
To learn more about how produce farmers are integrating food safety practices on the farms, the National Young Farmers Coalition is hosting online food safety focus groups.
Each hour-long virtual focus group will feature a farmer co-facilitator discussing their operation and 8-10 farmers asking the lead farmer questions and sharing their own experience with the topic.
Focus groups are open to farmers of all ages!
The farmer co-facilitator and participants will be paid for their time, $250 and $50, respectively. They will be joined by Maggie Kaiser from the Coalition and Billy Mitchell from National Farmers Union.
Topics may include:
- ·CSA/Boxed Share Distribution during COVID-19
- Creating SOPs
- Wash & Pack Station Design for Produce Safety, Efficiency, and Ergonomics
- Worker & Volunteer Training
- Aquaponics and/or Hydroponics
- Making Compost On-farm
- Managing Livestock and Fresh Produce/Rotational Grazing
- Produce Safety in Urban Environments
- Other produce safety topics of interest to farmers like you!
For more information, contact Maggie Kaiser at 518-643-3564 ext. 713 or
[email protected].
