Completed Project Report

Providing education and technical resources to Western Montana Growers Cooperative and other Montana Food HUBS in Group GAP Quality Management System Development

  • Award Amount: $40,055
  • Regional Center: Western Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2015 Education Projects

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Project Overview

In collaboration Western Montana Growers Cooperative, the Montana Food and Agriculture Development Centers and MSU Extension this project delivers the educational workshops Good Agricultural Practices for Producers Workshop at four sites in Montana. The trainings are foundations for the development of a Group GAP Quality Management System (Group GAP QMS) and will be delivered to producers who are part of group developing their Group GAP QMS. As a result of the trainings and technical assistance the producers will understand how to assess and mitigate on-farm food safety risks and will complete a farm food safety plan that will meet the needs of a Group GAP QMS. We expect each training site will have approximately 30 producers attending. We predict that 30 of those producers will be provided technical assistance in completing an on farm food safety plan and 10 will have those plans verified by a internal audit.

Number of Participants: 70

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