U.S. TOBACCO GAP PROGRAM

Public advocacy to promote awareness about agricultural industry efforts to protect, sustain and enhance the environment and ensure the safety and rights of farm laborers; Association services, namely, business networking and providing business consulting information in the field of agricultural industry; Providing commercial information and promoting public awareness of good agricultural practices in crop, environmental, and labor management; disseminating commercial information through interactive websites, meetings, conferences, and exhibits for business purposes; business management in the agricultural industry to create a unified program that lessens the burden on growers to comply with industry standards and increase the rate of compliance with industry standards by creating efficiencies and resources for both companies and growers

Education and training services , namely, providing classes, seminars, workshops, conferences, exhibits, meetings, and programs in the field of good agricultural practices in crop, environmental, and labor management and distribution of training material in connection therewith; Publication of newsletters, standards and guidelines, and fact sheets in the field of good agricultural practices in crop, environmental, and labor management; Providing a website featuring resources, namely, non-downloadable publications in the nature of newsletters, standards and guidelines, and fact sheets in the field of good agricultural practices in crop, environmental, and labor management; Providing an interactive website featuring technology that allows users to conduct research and download training materials and resources in the field of good agricultural practices in crop, environmental, and labor management

Testing, analysis, evaluation and monitoring of agricultural industry practices to assure compliance with industry standards