Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, food safety As you hire new employees or welcome back returning employees to the farm this season, remember that anyone working on your farm should receive training about your farm's food safety policies each year. Farms that take the time to have a dedicated spring employee training meeting say that the season goes much more smoothly and that the handwashing, harvest, packing, washing protocols are all clear and consistent for everyone. You might need to revisit these topics later, but coming together early on in the season is a great first step to ensure your employees are working together to ensure a safe, healthy harvest. Here is a sample training agenda you can follow when you offer a training this spring. Remember to include all employees, and offer refreshers throughout the season as needed, especially if you are seeing that there are some practices not being done correctly or other issues arising. You will need to change t...
