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Texas Agriculture Archive

November 15, 2002

Farmers can provide input on biosecurity issues on the farm through a Web-based survey this fall.

With the survey, the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) is identifying farmers' educational needs on homeland security. The producer survey results will guide what types of educational programs should be offered on agricultural security.

The EDEN survey will be conducted from Sept. 1 through November. To take the survey, producers may visit the EDEN Web site at http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden and click on "Homeland Security Surveys," then click on "Survey of Ag and Horticulture Producers."

The survey is anonymous and takes less than 10 minutes to complete.

"There are factors concerning agriculture that lead experts to disagree about whether or not farming and the food supply are at risk to bioterrorism," said Steve Cain, EDEN delegate and Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service specialist. "Whether or not there is a real threat to the American food supply — even the risks bring up issues that society must deal with."

The EDEN project will help measure agricultural producers' perceptions about biosecurity issues on the farm.