GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Plants v6 GFS FV Trainings

CCOF is offering an 8 -hour, virtual led course on July 30 and July 31 (4 hours each day). The course will provide producers of crops with key insights and understandings of the GLOBALG.A.P. requirements for the Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) Plants Version 6 SMART and GFS for Fruit and Vegetables. The GLOBALG.A.P IFA Standard is the GLOBALG.A.P. flagship certification standard and satisfies major US retailer 3rd party certification requirements for food safety, conservation, IPM and pollinator protection and also includes strong components of worker health and welfare. Come join CCOF to learn about the GLOBALG.A.P. IFA standard as well about various available free resources available to producers to help strengthen their GLOBALG.A.P. programs and help facilitate compliance.

Intended Audiences: Producers, Operations Managers, Supplier Program Managers, Industry Professionals, Retailers and GLOBALG.A.P. G.A.P. Auditors who would like to gain additional and updated knowledge of the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard. The course will give an overview of the GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6 GFS Plants standard including certification procedure, structure of the standard and requirements and general regulations. Some emphasis will be given to various resources available to GLOBALG.A.P. Producers that can help facilitate implementation and ease the efforts towards compliance.

About the Instructor: Astrid holds MSc Degree in Agricultural Science from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and has over 25 years of experience working in the US fresh produce industry and other US farm industries. Astrid started out her career as an independent pest management consultant for perennial fresh produce growers, with a focus on soft IPM programs and Organic programs. The last more than 15 years Astrid has worked as agricultural production compliance specialist, auditor trainer and public trainer for several Certification Bodies. Astrid now works full time at CCOF as Senior Food Safety Certification Specialist. A core objective for much of Astrid’s career has been to help develop and implement programs that assist producers in implementing sustainable, safe and socially responsible farming practices that in turn will help the producers -small as well as large - gain better access to markets.