Top Reasons to Choose Kona Organic for GAP Food Safety Consulting
Updated: Oct 6
Kona Organic helps produce farms get ready for GAP food safety audits and stay ready year after year. Here is why farms choose Kona Organic.
Key takeaways
The team is trained in the PrimusGFS scheme and works across USDA GAP, Harmonized GAP, and GLOBALG.A.P.
Plans are written in plain words that match the farm.
Records are built for a small crew, not an office staff.
Every farm gets a practice audit before the real one.
Organic and food safety are handled by one team with one set of records.
1. Trained in the schemes buyers ask for
The team is PrimusGFS trained and prepares farms for USDA GAP and GHP, USDA Harmonized GAP, and GLOBALG.A.P. The first job is finding out which audit your buyer accepts, so you prepare for the right one.
2. Plans that fit your farm
A food safety plan copied from a template fails the walk through, because anyone walking the farm can see it does not match. Kona Organic writes the plan from how your fields, water, and packing area actually work.
3. Recordkeeping that sticks
Water tests, cleaning, training, harvest, and traceability logs that take minutes a week, on paper or on a phone. The system is set up with the crew, not handed to them.
4. A practice audit first
Kona Organic walks the farm the way the real audit will, scores it the same way, and gives a fix list in order of cost. Most farms fix the list in a few weeks and pass the first time.
5. The physical fixes, cheapest first
Handwashing stations, screens, drainage, container storage, and signage are usually small jobs. Kona Organic lists them so the farm spends money where points are lost.
6. Organic and food safety together
Farms that are organic or biodynamic get both from one consultant, with one record system that serves both inspections.
7. Help paying for it
When USDA cost share or a state grant is open for audits or upgrades, Kona Organic finds it and files it.
Kona Organic is a national organic certification consulting firm, headquartered in Hawaiʻi. The team works with farms, handlers, and food brands in all 50 states and US territories, on site or remotely, and with exporters overseas.
Common questions
Which GAP audit should I get?
The one your buyer names. Ask for it in writing. If you sell to several buyers, Harmonized GAP or PrimusGFS usually satisfies the most of them.
How soon can I be audit ready?
Two to three months from nothing. Faster if you already keep some records.
Related guides: What Is a GAP Audit? A Simple Guide for Small Farms • Who Can Help My Farm Pass a GAP Food Safety Audit? • 5 Recordkeeping Habits That Make Any Audit Easier
Last updated: October 2026.
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