Schurman Farm ServicesPresenta1on to the ACORN Conference and Tradeshow

CanadaGAP and Organic agriculture.

WHY DO I CARE?

November 12, 2014

Goals for this presenta1on..

-Who am I?-What is CanadaGAP?-Does Canada GAP t with organic agriculture?-What does CanadaGAP do for me?-Do I need to do CanadaGAP?-What do I need to do?

Ques1ons?

Thank you from our family to yours!

OK, pop quiz..Who believes it is important to keepthe food we grow safe from E.coli.,coliforms and other things that could

make us or our customers sick?

Who controls access to their farms toprevent someone from puWng a needle

into a vegetable?

Who can say that they monitor andturn their compost to make sure all the

pathogens are killed?

Who tests their water at least twice ayear to make sure it is not a source of

pathogens?

Who has a policy so that when anyonehas a cut on their hand they must weargloves so blood cant contaminate the

produce?

Who has a wriYen protocol to make sureeveryone washed their hands aZer going tothe bathroom, ea1ng, or handling anythingthat could contaminate the produce and

the hand wash sta1ons as well?

But the ques1on was..Who believes it is important to keepthe food we grow safe from E.coli.,coliforms and other things that could

make us or our customers sick?

Ques1ons?

Thank youMarc Schurman