Date: Wednesday 25 September 2024

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Delivered online via zoom

Registration: Click here to register

In this webinar, Jenny and Melissa will deliver a step by step guide to the Safe Mushroom standard.

About the presenters

Dr Jenny Ekman

Dr Ekman is a postharvest physiologist and communicator who works to maximise produce freshness and value while minimising supply chain losses. She is passionate about applying science to improve commercial and consumer outcomes.

Dr Ekman has more than 20 years’ horticultural research experience in Australia, USA and the Philippines. She has led research projects on food safety, fruit-fly management, broccoli, chestnuts and vegetables, and is developing a definitive postharvest manual and app for the Australian vegetable industry. She has worked extensively in fruit physiology, completing projects funded by HAL, RIRDC and ACIAR.

Dr Ekman has excellent writing and communication skills and is an effective translator of scientific language into information readily understood and used by growers.

Melisa Cavallaro

Melisa Cavallaro is a certified HACCP Practitioner with over 15 years’ experience in food safety consulting, specialising in fresh produce. She is passionate about safe guarding the Australian agricultural industry and is dedicated to bridging the gap between GFSI certifications and small family-operated farms.