We're kicking off season 3 of the Food Safety Dish with the inspiring story of Regenerating an Iowa Family Farm with food & agriculture writer and farmer Beth Hoffman. Follow her story from coastal journalist to the heartland as she and her husband cultivate their new regenerative farm visions on Whippoorwill Creek Farm, raising beef, goats and veggies without the sprays, chemicals, or the GMO grains. Hear all about their dynamic farm model offering farm tours, cooking and writing classes, on-farm dinners, and overnight stays on family farmland passed down through generations.Beth Hoffman has been reporting on food and agriculture for more than twenty-five years and is the author of Bet the Farm: The Dollars and Sense of Growing Food in America, a book about the economics of farming, told through her story of moving to the farm. She also writes In the Dirt as part of the Iowa Writers Collaborative and hosts the "At the Iowa Farm Table Podcast."
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The Co-Operative Advantage
On this exciting season 2 finale, we explore the world of cooperatives and the co-operative advantage with the longstanding and pioneering Ashland Food Co-op in Ashland, Oregon. With produce manager Joe Reyes and cooperative expert Annie Hoy, we talk AFC's origin story and evolution, how they developed into the northwest's first Certified Organic Retailer, the many parallels between food safety and certified organic standards, and so much more!Seven Cooperative PrinciplesAshland Food CoopCo-Op Development Resources:Northwest Cooperative Development CenterCalifornia Co-op Development CenterNational Co-op Business Association/CLUSAFood Co-Op InitiativeUniversity of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
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Assessing Your Agricultural Water Risk
With the recent 2024 final rollout of FSMA's Produce Safety Rule on Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water (Subpart E), there's been a lot of chatter and some confusion about what growers need to do to comply. We got the dish from Michigan State University extension educator and on-farm food safety statewide coordinator Phil Tocco. Hear what Phil has to say about water hazards, risks, and assessing your own ag water as he distills technical regulatory language into an accessible pool of knowledge that empowers growers.Risk Prioritization Tool for Agricultural Water
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Good to the Grain: Reviving Ancient Grains in Oregon's Rogue Valley
Past, future, and present visions of ancient grains all intersect in Southern Oregon's Rogue Valley Heritage Grain Project--farmer Chris Hardy's pursuit of ancient, nutrient dense grains and legumes that will thrive in the increasingly arid bio-region of lower Cascadia. Starting with a spoonful of seeds, to embarking on a worldwide search for rare and resilient heritage cultivars, back to the inner-mountain valleys of Oregon, RVHGP has amassed one of the largest "Living Seed Banks" in the western United States. Hear from farmers Chris Hardy and Steve Fry, owner of one of the Rogue Valley's largest diversified organic farms, as they recount the origins of this project, how they've adopted dry farming practices, why good grain is a food safety & public health matter, and much more!Learn more about the Rogue Valley Heritage Grain Project!
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What to Know About Wildfire & Food Safety
In recent years, wildfire disasters in the United States have prompted many growers to ask questions about how to navigate post-wildfire food safety concerns with their crops and livestock. We talk with wildfire resilience expert Amber Schat-Kenig, shepherd & butcher Dylan Boeken, and Community Alliance with Family Farmers' (CAFF) Farmer Support Services Director Kali Feiereisel on the collaborative resource from CAFF and NFU of the same name, "What to Know About Wildfire & Food Safety." The resource aims to provide guidance about common concerns, how to assess potential impacts, and what remediation and mitigation options are available. This podcast episode digs a bit deeper and elaborates on the science and recommendations of the resource.Resources:What to Know About Wildfire & Food Safety ResourceCAFF Wildfire Preparation & ResilienceCAFF Emergency SupportBoek House Hearth & Husbandry
The Food Safety Dish is a production dishing on all things food safety, brought to you by National Farmers Union's Local Food Safety Collaborative. We talk with farmer and expert voices on their subject specialties: sharing practical advice, wisdom, and how to incorporate good food safety practices into your own growing operation.
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