Cathy Carlson is a private consultant for on farm food safety programs of all sizes. She brings to farmers a diverse background of program management, regulatory experience and sustainable farming. She has spent the past few years working as a Quality Assurance and Food Safety Manager for the fresh cut produce industry in the Central Coast area. Prior to that she worked for state and federal agencies as a policy regulator and agriculture research aide. Her experience with preparing farm and facility food safety programs with audit agencies such as USDA, LGMA, NSF, SQF, Primus GFS and GlobalG.A.P. have helped her to assist and advise farmers and facilities with the requirements of buyers and the food safety modernization act. She is also a farmer, please visit her website at LasLomasLavender.com