Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: 1) to analyze the learning process, factors and conditions for the development of food safety networks to sustainable and 2) to propose guidelines for development of community learning processes for sustaining the food safety network. The research methodology was the qualitative research. A researcher observed the learning processes and activities, and in-depth interviewed key informants in community network; the leader, the householders, and the group network outside community which collaborated with community. The instrument consisted of an observation form, three in-depth interview forms, and focus group guideline. Data were analyzed using the content analysis. Proposed guidelines for development of community learning processes for sustaining the food safety network. The results of this research were: 1) The key elements in the learning process consisted of members of the network, knowledge of food safety related to organic farming and learning activities. The learning process consists of building the consensus ideas, knowledge development, enhance members' adjustment, and the community capital preservation. Food safety network activities were monthly meeting, harvesting, marketing, organic knowledge development activity, vocational development activity, transferring knowledge from generation to generation activity, community research activity, and promoting public policies activity. 2) The factors for sustaining the food safety network comprise of 2 levels; the individual-level factors related to health care, curiosity to develop organic farming, intention to organic farming, interactive relationship, and learning society. The community-level factors related to network operation, supporting from external organizations, advertising the network’s success, and organizing the community welfare. The conditions for sustaining the food safety network were organic system confidence, network responsibility, continuing activities, maintaining the standard network, and food safety product motivation. 3) The guidelines for development of community learning process for sustaining the food safety network divided into learning process elements and community process were network members, knowledge, and learning activities. The community learning process of 6 aspects of; enhance community participation, increase network capacity, management, paradigm creation, network motivation, and network policy.