Resources
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Farmworker Produce Safety Training Tools
This presentation trains farm managers and crew leaders to conduct successful produce safety training programs.
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Maintaining a Cold Chain
This guidance document and episode review best practices to ensure food safety compliance when using refrigeration.
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Rodent and Bird Control
This guidance document addresses due diligence for rodent and vertebrate pest control and offers a standard operating procedure (SOP) boilerplate that can be adapted to your farm and help address rodents and other vertebrates in storage and packing areas.
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Soil Amendments Handling Worker Training
Soil amendments worker training SOP
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Bacterial Growth Animation
This short animation illustrates just how quickly bacteria can grow in the right conditions. Cleaning and sanitizing regularly is crucial in order to reduce bacterial growth and minimize the chances of contamination.
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Mobile Digital Recordkeeping
This guidance document describes how to use the forms function in Google Docs to create an online food safety record. It is a free, cloud based reporting of food safety activities anywhere a worker's smartphone can take them.
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Qualified Exemption Infographic
This infographic shows you what criteria your farm must meet in order to be eligible for a qualified exemption.
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Truck Checklist Log
Truck Checklist Log
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Effective Farm Meetings
Whether scheduling regular meetings or meetings to address a specific issue, farmers may want to consider the questions and recommendations listed in this document.
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Taking a Water Sample
Water testing can be tricky. This guidance document provides instruction on taking a proper water sample as well as requesting the correct test.
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