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  1. Severe Weather on the Farm

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-thru%C2%A0-seasons-2024/severe-weather-farm

    Awareness Week in Ohio is March 17-23.  Mother nature has not looked at the calendar very well as we have ... had severe storms and tornados in recent days and weeks.  Many of us remember the devastation of the ... damage from the February 2024 tornados in central Ohio and the March 2024 tornados in several parts of ...

  2. Ohio’s Burn Ban Returns on March 1st

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/ag-safety-stat-safety-through-seasons-2024/ohio%E2%80%99s-burn-ban-returns-march-1st

    winter. Due to this risk, there is a ban on open outdoor burning in Ohio for the months of March, April, ... finished. You can read more about Ohio burning laws here: https://farmoffice.osu.edu/blog/thu-11302023-356pm ... https://epa.ohio.gov/static/Portals/47/facts/openburn.pdf Lee Beers, ANR Extension Educator and Assistant Professor, OSU Extension Trumbull County, can be ...

  3. Fresh Produce Traceability

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/traceability

    Fresh Produce Traceability When there is an outbreak of foodborne illness, it is critical that the contaminated food be rapidly traced through the supply chain to identify the source and remove the contaminated product from the market before more people g ...

  4. Agricultural Water

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/agricultural%20water

    AGRICULTURAL WATER The production of fruits and vegetables is water intensive.  Water is used for irrigating crops, applying nutrients and pesticides, preventing frost damage, moving produce, and washing and cooling produce.  Water used in agriculture is ...

  5. Food Safety Modernization Act

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/fsma

    Food Safety Modernization Act The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.  ...

  6. Produce Safety Training Programs

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/good-agricultural-practices/training-programs

    leaders, Melanie Lewis Ivey (ivey.14@osu.edu) or Sanja Ilic (ilic.2@osu.edu). II. Food Safety Plan Writing ... (with a maximum limit of 16 growers per classroom session). This full-day, in-person training includes ... Ivey (ivey.14@osu.edu) or Sanja Ilic (ilic.2@osu.edu). Farm Food Safety Plan Template Farm Food Safety ...

  7. How Coronovirus Impacts the Safety of Fresh Produce

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/how-coronovirus-impacts-safety-fresh-produce

    days, and infectious bovine coronavirus was detected on the lettuce surface for at least 14 days after ... persist up to nine days on inanimate surfaces like metal or plastic. Coronaviruses persist longer at lower ...

  8. OSU OFFERS ONLINE GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES COURSE FOR HYDROPONIC OPERATIONS

    https://producesafety.osu.edu/news/osu-offers-online-good-agricultural-practices-course-hydroponic-operations

    traceability. For questions about the course contact Melanie Ivey at  ivey.14@osu.edu  or Sanja Ilic at  ... ilic.2@osu.edu Support for this training was provided by The Ohio Department of Agriculture- Specialty Block Crop ...

  9. Hope IS a Strategy

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-through-seasons-2023/hope-strategy

    Health, Ohio State University Extension, jepsen.4@osu.edu   Resources Britton, B. (2022, September 1). ... most of the day, nearly every day Losing interest in activities you enjoyed Having low energy and ... professional. There is HOPE. Author: Misty Harmon, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University ...

  10. How to schedule the GRAIN C.A.R.T.?

    https://agsafety.osu.edu/grain-cart/scheduling

    awareness program one day and the technical training program could take place the following day. 3. Do you ...                      The Grain C.A.R.T. requires a minimum door size of 14’h x 10’w, with an interior overhead working ... Lyndon.Nofziger@com.state.oh.us or 614-348-4068. In order to more efficiently serve Ohio communities, please consider partnering ...

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