Below is a brief description of the Strengthening Community Agrosecurity Preparedness (S-CAP) program. Click on the headings to learn more about each activity.  

S-CAP Workshops:

Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) S-CAP workshops provide a foundation for local jurisdictions to address agricultural emergencies and disasters. The workshops empower local Extension personnel and other community partners to:

• build capacity to handle agricultural issues during an emergency or disaster;
• improve networking among stakeholders who can plan for and respond to emergencies; and
• develop Community Agrosecurity Planning (CAP) teams to establish or enhance agrosecurity components within existing local emergency operations plans.    

Tabletop Exercises:

The EDEN S‐CAP one‐day discussion‐based planning exercise program is compliant with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) guidelines, including an evaluator briefing and debriefing, hotwash, and use of Exercise Evaluation Guides (EEGs) and situation manuals.

 

Virtual Forum:

The Virtual Forum provides an environment for local, state, and federal agricultural emergency planning and exercise stakeholders to learn new information and exchange ideas across interdisciplinary and jurisdictional lines.  Webinars highlight recent disasters to discuss lessons learned and identify best practices to implement in future emergencies.

 

Agrosecurity Symposium:

The Agrosecurity Symposium is a face-to-face meeting held in Washington, D.C. to bring together federal, tribal, state and local agricultural emergency planning stakeholders; commodity representatives; Extension, and non-governmental organizations to identify strategies for cohesive agricultural emergency preparedness across the nation.

 To learn more about Agrosecurity click here.

For further questions or comments, please contact:

Andrea Higdon, Agrosecurity Program Coordinator for the College of Agriculture at the University of Kentucky at andrea.higdon@uky.edu