Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, and National GAPs Program personnel collaborate to conduct 2-day workshops to help fresh produce growers learn about GAPs and write their own farm food safety plans. After attending the 2-day workshop, growers are invited to a mock audit during the growing season so they know what to expect from a third party audit.
Workshop Dates and Locations for 2013—2014:
There are 5 planned, 2-day, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) workshops scheduled for this winter and spring. This is for those farmers who are interested in produce safety or who are being required by buyers to develop food safety plans and provide third party verification of their food safety practices. The Food Safety Modernization Act proposed produce safety rules have been released with a tentative final rule anticipated sometime in the summer of 2015. These workshops will help growers understand produce safety issues and Good Agricultural Practices as well as the FSMA proposed produce rule and third party audits. The second day will be devoted to writing farm food safety plans so that each participant can work on their own farm plan. These workshops are sponsored by the National GAPs Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Produce Safety Alliance, and the New York State Department of Ag & Markets with funding from the Genesee Valley Regional Market Authority.
December 10 & 11, 2013:
Location: Genesee County—The Fire Training Center in Batavia
Time: 8:30am—3pm both days
Registration: http://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=144
Click here for more information, contact Craig Kahlke at cjk37@cornell.eduor (585) 735–5448.
December 18 & 19, 2013:
Location: Wayne County, CCE—Wayne in Newark
Time: 8:30am—3pm both days
Registration: TBA
January 6 & 7, 2014:
Location: Ontario County, CCE—Ontario in Canandaigua
Time: 8:30am—3pm both days
Registration: TBA
February 27 & 28, 2014:
Location: Steuben County, TBA Bath
Time: 8:30am—3pm both days
Registration: TBA
For more information and updates:
Registration info will be up approximately 4–6 weeks before the workshops. For more info, contact Craig Kahlke at cjk37@cornell.edu or (585) 735–5448).
E-mail Mark Kogut (mlk29@cornell.edu) if you wish to receive e-mail notifications of future workshop dates.