Attention farmers interested in entering school markets! Did you know that most school districts require that local produce come from GAPs certified farms? Don't miss this opportunity from K-State Research & Extension. Cal Jamersom will provide GAPs certification training and food safety plan development assistance at this upcoming training.

K-State Research & Extension will provide GAPs certification training and food safety plan development assistance in an upcoming online training.

This training will help your farm prepare to successfully complete a USDA GAP audit and will assist you in creating a food safety plan.

The workshop will be taught by KSU Produce Safety Extension Associate, Cal Jamerson, who has extensive first hand experience getting his family farm USDA GAP Harmonized certified 4 times. He has also helped Kansas farms get GAP/GHP certified. Cal will be providing his food safety plan and logbooks that have been passing USDA GAP audits. You will be able to customize his plan to your operation, allowing you to create an audit- ready food safety plan.

The session will cover the GAP audit process (costs, who to contact, what to expect), how to create a farm map, keeping practical records from existing templates, and reviewing the core aspects of a food safety plan. You also can get Cal’s input to customizing the templates to your farming operation. You will have all the information you need to prepare the needed documents for a GAPs audit.

Registration is $5.00.

KSU currently has GAPs cost share funding available through Specialty Crop Block Grants. Contact Cal for more information about cost share.