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Nick Panicola: Produce Safety Technician

Michigan On-Farm Produce Safety Program
[email protected]  |  224-829-5051

Nick joins our team with a deep connection to food and the people who dedicate their lives to its production and stewardship. Through his career, he dedicated himself to being a resource and supporter of our vital agricultural community throughout Michigan's Northern Lower Peninsula. Nick continues that path as the Produce Safety Technician, based out of Grand Traverse Conservation District and serving the Northern Michigan area.

To this position, he brings a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology from Iowa State University and more than five years of experience in viticulture and winemaking working mostly in Leelanau County, a bit in Iowa, and as far as New Zealand. Additionally, he has spent spurts of his working life engaged in a handful of farms throughout the midwest learning about vegetable production and animal husbandry. These experiences are vital to Nick’s understanding of the unique structures of operation and challenges that each farm in our community faces in the continually changing human, and natural, environment.

Most importantly, he prides himself in his ability to connect with others authentically and strives to see each individual as an entity in themselves, beyond just their occupation. Through this work he hopes to develop a stronger and more resilient agricultural, and wider community for the benefit of us all and generations to come.