Virginia Western’s Dr. David Berry and Dr. Mallory White participated in a Safe Farm Steward training this summer in Tennessee. This program recognizes farms for safe farm practices and helps identify equipment that could pose a future hazard, helping ensure safer agricultural production.
The federally funded Safe Farm Steward Project is supported by the Southeast Center for Agricultural Safety and Injury Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Over 200 farms across the Southeast United States have already been certified. Virginia Western Community College is the only institution in Virginia to complete this training and earn the ability to certify local farms. Students help with the certification process, and they completed some certifications last fall.
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Farms invited to become Certified Safe Farm Stewards – News from Virginia Western