Three farms who participated in the NC Fresh Produce Safety Initiative

Below you will find three case studies documenting North Carolina farmers’s experiences who have participated in the NC Fresh Produce Safety Initiative. The following farms are of varying sizes and represent various commodities. By attending GAPs training these farms  prepared for certification and also strengthened their ability to respond to market demands, food safety costs, [...]

Mock Audit Video taking a Small Farm through a GAPs Audit

This project received funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. Here is an educational video directed at small growers.  We held a mock  audit at  CEFS in 2010  and placed it into this video showing some typical areas  of concerns for small farms that are wanting to get GAPs certified. The video can easily be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ws1C_mmx24 For [...]

GAPs Worker Training Requested by Growers

GAPs Worker Training Requested by Growers  This project received funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.  Non-English speaking employees represent the majority of North Carolina’s farm labor force. Growers have requested a versatile and easily adaptable training tool that can be used during their informal morning meetings to continually educate their workforce with language appropriate [...]