From my youngest days as a farmer’s daughter in Iowa, I learned the importance of food quality and food safety. My family, neighbors, and extended farming community worked hard to ensure our animals were raised with care and crops were planted, cultivated, harvested, and stored conscientiously. It was a responsibility we took very seriously, as it was not only our livelihood, but we also understood that what we produced was meant for the tables of others.
Fast forward a few years and I foun…