Family Health and Safety Harvest Safety Week focuses on workplace culture By Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater Lisa Foust Prater is the Family & Farmstead Editor for Successful Farming, sharing interesting family features, heartfelt editorial columns, and important health and safety information. Her favorite thing about her job is meeting interesting people, learning their stories, and sharing them with our readers.Lisa started her career with Successful Farming magazine in 1999, working primarily for the web team and writing product reviews for the magazine. She later wrote for the Living the Country Life magazine and website and has written and edited several cookbooks and other books for Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. Successful Farming's Editorial Guidelines Published on August 21, 2023 Close The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has declared this NGFA Harvest Safety Week 2023. The theme this year is, "Safety as value in the workplace." In a video produced for the week, leaders from several ag companies stressed the importance of a culture of safety in the workplace where everyone is encouraged to report potential issues. These resources from Successful Farming offer tips for keeping employees and family members safe during harvest: 6 simple tips for a safe harvest Farm safety yields real results Proper grain condition is first step to accident prevention 4 Grain bin safety tips Be bin safe Topics covered by NGFA during Harvest Safety Week will include the evolution of workplace safety in grain handling on Tuesday, harvest hazards Wednesday, hazard identification methods Thursday, and Harvest Safety Week resources Friday. Learn more about NGFA Harvest Safety Week and access additional resources here. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit