Below are links to the PowerPoint slides presented by today’s speakers addressing the topic: The Speed of Change: Current Conditions and Issues Facing specialty/niche crop producers and trade implications
Presenters include:
* Dr. Trevor V. Suslow extension research specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences Mann Laboratory, University of California – Davis, CA – Overview of food safety issues, including the technical aspects of food contamination and a chronological review of disease outbreaks and the direct, immediate impact on the industry
* Dr. Marco A Palma assistant professor and extension economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics, College Station, TX – Economics of food safety and the costs or economic impacts of disease outbreaks on the agricultural industry