• Considering Irrigation Water Sources

    This guidance document addresses relative risks associated with irrigation water sources and delivery methods. It will also discuss the frequency of testing each source.

  • Chlorine as a Sanitizer

    This guidance document and episode will walk you through the safe and effective use of chlorine as a disinfectant.

  • Infrastructure Toolkit for Farmers

    Here, you'll find a building guide for cost effective structures used to clean vegetables.

  • Interpreting Water Test Results

    This guidance document addresses how to read and understand water testing results and what to do about them.

  • Creating a Google Maps Field Map

    An accurate map of your farm is a foundation piece in your GAP manual. Without a clearly drawn map with your fields delineated, it will be difficult for you to prove to your auditors that you can provide a full traceback of your farm’s products.

  • Evaluating Refrigerated Trucks

    This guidance document and episode will offer a number of food safety considerations regarding evaluating refrigerated trucks.

  • Farmworker Produce Safety Training Tools

    This presentation trains farm managers and crew leaders to conduct successful produce safety training programs.

  • Maintaining a Cold Chain

    This guidance document and episode review best practices to ensure food safety compliance when using refrigeration.

  • Rodent and Bird Control

    This guidance document addresses due diligence for rodent and vertebrate pest control and offers a standard operating procedure (SOP) boilerplate that can be adapted to your farm and help address rodents and other vertebrates in storage and packing areas.

  • Mobile Digital Recordkeeping

    This guidance document describes how to use the forms function in Google Docs to create an online food safety record. It is a free, cloud based reporting of food safety activities anywhere a worker's smartphone can take them.