Today’s episode marks the second of a series we’re doing with Equitable Food Initiative, which we in the industry call EFI. The organization works with retailers and growers to create a transparent supply chain, a safer food system and healthier work environments.

These episodes will focus on the improvements companies and their people are making that elevate workers and create better working conditions.

LeAnne Rhodes Ruzzamenti, EFI’s Director of Marketing Communications chats with Tony Pacheco, health and safety and temporary foreign worker manager at Windset Farms in Delta, British Columbia. 

He talks about the Health & Safety Team and drills down on bringing water fountains into the greenhouse — a project that sounds simple in concept, but is not easy to implement. He also discusses the importance of being heard as a worker and not just heard – but having your suggestions acted on. It’s important that workers feel like the higher-ups care about them.

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