GroupGAP: A New Food Safety Option for Small-Scale Growers

NCGT's Trish Tripp during a GroupGAP practice audit. April 2016 -- In April 2016, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced a new food safety certification program called GroupGAP. The program allows small farms to share the cost of certification across a group of growers, and was developed in partnership with the Wallace [...]

2018-09-15T10:21:20-04:00May 1st, 2016|NCGT News|

NCGT Support Advancing Fresh Produce Food Safety Work Statewide

Fresh Produce GAPs Workshop. Photo by Diane Ducharme. November/December 2015 -- NC Growing Together is helping to advance fresh produce food safety work statewide.  Working in partnership with North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, NC Cooperative County Centers, and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, NCGT has been sponsoring Fresh Produce [...]

2018-09-15T10:43:34-04:00December 1st, 2015|NCGT News|
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