Palm | Kelapa Sawit

ABSTRACT: The co‐management of food safety and water quality requires the development and promulgation of science‐based recommendations for the concurrent achievements of both water quality and food safety standards. The purpose of the Water Quality/Food Safety Program is to implement pilot field trials and on‐farm demonstration projects aimed at exploring the compatibility of water quality and food safety.

Pilot field trials investigate the influence of vegetative water quality Best Management Practices (including grassed waterways/drainage ditches, vegetative treatment systems, and polyacrylamide) on nutrient, sediment, and bacterial levels. Field trials are implemented on both commercial and research farms in the Pajaro and Salinas River Watersheds. In addition, the design and installation of over twenty on‐farm demonstration projects is underway.