A Need for Information
Challenges related to a need for information entail either a lack of access to information, a lack of skills to assimilate the knowledge presented, or a lack of conditions that promote or permit the sharing of knowledge or training. These challenges include: a lack of access to food safety educational resources; literacy and ESL (English as a Second Language) issues, and; a transient labor pool. These challenges are very specific to each farm, depending on the resources available to and personnel at the farm. The strategy with these challenges is to supply the farm with access to information, assistance, or materials that will help them to overcome these deficiencies.