Resources
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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.
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Chlorine as a Sanitizer
This guidance document and episode will walk you through the safe and effective use of chlorine as a disinfectant.
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Infrastructure Toolkit for Farmers
Here, you'll find a building guide for cost effective structures used to clean vegetables.
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Interpreting Water Test Results
This guidance document addresses how to read and understand water testing results and what to do about them.
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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.
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Evaluating Refrigerated Trucks
This guidance document and episode will offer a number of food safety considerations regarding evaluating refrigerated trucks.
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Farmworker Produce Safety Training Tools
This presentation trains farm managers and crew leaders to conduct successful produce safety training programs.
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Maintaining a Cold Chain
This guidance document and episode review best practices to ensure food safety compliance when using refrigeration.
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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.
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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.
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