Enhancing Produce Safety for Under-served Farmers in Louisiana

The long-term goal of "enhancing produce safety for under served farmers in Louisiana" is to provide a two-day FSMA produce safety and standard GAP training focusing on underserved, small, minority, limited-resource,veterans and beginning farmers.The specific objectives are:1) To increase farmers' produce safety knowledge and market access by holding 10 (5 per year) FSMA produce safety in conjunction with GAP trainings over the 2-year period; 2) To increase the number of underserved farmers to develop and follow farm food safety plan; 3) To assist at least 20 farmers to improve their ability to properly carry out produce safety practices and apply for GAP certification program.