Monday, April 23

10:00am - 1:00pm Registration

1:00pm Opening Address

Moderator: Eric Lauritzen , Monterey County Ag Commissioner
Conference Organizers: Mary Bianchi ,  UCCE; Linda Harris , WIFSS;
Kay Mercer , SLO and SB Counties Agricultural Watershed Coalition

1:15pm - 2:00pm Session 1 - Framing the Issue

   1:15 Water as a Valuable Resource
            Bridget Dobrowski , Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
   1:30 Protecting our Food 
            Pamela Moore , San Luis Obispo County Health Department
   1:45 Complying with Regulations
            Bob Martin , Monterey County Farm Bureau and Rio Farms

2:00pm - 5:30pm Session 2 - Reviewing the Current Situation

Part 1 The Water Quality Perspective

   2:00 Vegetable Production on the Central Coast -   
           Practices, Water Quality Problems, Possible Solutions
           Dr. Tim Hartz UCCE
  
    2:20 Management Practices for Water Quality Protection
            Dr. Daniel Mountjoy , USDA-NRCS
  
   2:40 Effectiveness of Water Quality Management Practices
            Dr. Marc Los Huertos , CSU Monterey Bay

    3:00 Clarifying Questions

Part 2 The Food Safety Perspective

   3:25 Microbial Food-Borne Illnesses and the Leafy Greens Industry
           Sherri A. McGarry , FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition/
           Dr. Linda Harris , WIFSS

   3:45 Concerns of Produce Buyers and the Evolution of Third-Party
            Food Safety Audits
            Dr. Devon Zagory , Davis Fresh Technology

   4:05 What We Know about Wildlife and Water Quality Practices
            Dr. Rob Atwill , UCD

Part 3 Intersection of Food Safety and Water Quality

   4:25 Panel Discussion: Afternoon Speakers joined by
           Dr. Terry Salmon , UCCE,
           Dr. Robert Mandrell , USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center, and
           Dr. Pamela Staton , Marshall University

   
5:30pm -7:00pm Poster Session and Social in the atrium, appetizers

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Tuesday, April 24

8:30am-Noon Session 3 - Concerns and Limitations

    8:30 Brief Recap and Evaluation of Sessions 1 and 2

Part 1  Challenges of Coordinated  Food Safety and Water Quality Management

    8:45 What We Need to Know to Promote Coordinated Management
           Dr .Trevor V. Suslow , UCCE
             

   9:15 Data Needed in Food-borne Illness Outbreak Investigations
           Dr. Leta K. Crawford-Miksza , California Department of Health Services
           Food & Drug Branch

   9:45 Clarifying Questions

Part 3  Research Objectives that Promote Coordinated Management

   10:30am - 11:45am  Panel Facilitated Discussion

Dr. Tim Hartz, UCCE; Dr. Daniel Mountjoy, USDA-NRCS; Dr. Marc Los Huertos, CSU Monterey Bay; Sherri McGarry, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition/Dr. Linda Harris, WIFSS; Dr. Devon Zagory, Davis Fresh Technology; Dr. Rob Atwill, UC Davis; Dr. Terry Salmon, UCCE; Dr. Robert Mandrell USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center;  Dr. Pamela Staton, Marshall University; Dr. Trevor Suslow, UCCE; and Dr. Leta Crawford-Miksza, California Department of Health Services 
  
   11:30 Wrap-up

   11:45 Box Lunch


1:00pm - 5:00pm  Session 4 - Practical Applications and Innovations
    

    1:00 Board Busses

    1:15 Field Tours (select one)

    The focus will be on on-farm water quality and food safety management practices
    to frame previous sessions in a real world context. Farm owners/managers will be
    available to answer questions.   

                       Management Practice           Tour Leader
                       Tour 1: Filter Strip                    Dr. Giulio Ferruzzi , NRCS 
                       Tour 2: Grassed Waterway     Dr. Daniel Mountjoy , NRCS 
                       Tour 3: Sediment Basin          Allan Fulton , UCCE

   
   5:00pm Busses Arrive back at Embassy Suites

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Wednesday, April 25

8:00am - Noon  Session 5 - Solutions and Research Priorities

   8:30 Workgroup Discussion

   Collaborative Workgroups -  smaller workgroups will collaborate on answering
   the following, using their field tour as the focus:

     1) What are the coordinated management challenges for food safety and water
         quality practices?

     2) How would you prioritize these challenges?

     3) What research would be needed to address these challenges?

     4) What roles would you play in a coordinated management research program?

     5) How would you fund it?

   11:15 Participants Regroup with Prioritized Research Agendas

   11:20 General Plenary Session

This session will summarize the meeting, with individual reports from collaborative workgroups on research directions, challenges, and potential funding mechanisms. We will focus on accomplishments and lessons learned, and share strategies to move forward. We will provide a path forward for coordinated management through prioritized research objectives and funding, while identifying short-term actions for cool season vegetable producers.

Noon Lunch