Practice Farm Food Safety to Protect Yourself and Your Farm

The impact of the many recent consumer produce scares has had a tremendous impact on the agricultural industry.  Below are some newspaper articles that document the many changes.

• "'Locally grown' food sounds great, but what does it mean?"  October 28, 2008 [pdf] http://www.agobservatory.org/headlines.cfm?refID=104314. 

• "State launches food-tracking system pilot program"  October 27, 2008 [pdf]  http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2008/10/27/local/local03.txt

• "Safe to Eat?  Farm Bureau sponsors panel discussion"  June 26, 2008  [pdf]

• "Costco's World-Class Produce"  February 2008  [pdf]

Each farmer needs to be proactive in protecting themselves and their farm.  Below are some educational materials to learn more about good agricultural practices and farm food safety.

• HDOA Commodities - http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/qad/comm/comm

•  Cornell University National GAPs Network for Education and Training program - http://www.gaps.cornell.edu/

• UC Good Agricultural Practices - http://ucgaps.ucdavis.edu/