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Money out, money in: Small farms can benefit from food safety expenditures

By Coral Beach on July 9, 2020

They must pay a higher percentage of their sales than big farms to do it, but small produce growers eventually end up with more money in their pockets if they implement food safety practices.

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Greens Grower and Whole Foods Team Up for HACCP Certification

By Cookson Beecher on July 22, 2013

“It’s been a road.” That’s how Jeff Miller, owner of Willie Green’s Organic Farm, a diversified 85-acre farm in western Washington, described the three-year process it took to get a “certified thumbs-up” for the…
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Farmers Market Vendors, Managers Get Up To Speed on Food Safety ABCs

By Cookson Beecher on April 15, 2013

No one wants customers to get sick. That was the message that University of Vermont Extension food safety specialist Londa Nwadike used to start off her recent webinar presentation about food safety tips for farmers…
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Should Farmers Market Vendors Carry Product Liability Insurance?

By Cookson Beecher on November 20, 2012

You’re there at your favorite farmers market. As always, you stop by one of  the farm stands where you regularly shop to buy some fresh veggies and fruit. The farmer greets you with a welcoming…
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Food Safety Wins Thumbs-Up in 2012 Specialty Crop Grants

By Cookson Beecher on October 15, 2012

It’s a green light for food safety from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2012 specialty crop grants, with 8.4 percent of the total number of grants going to food safety projects – among them…
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School Kids Chowing Down on Healthier Foods, But Who Are the Food Safety Cops?

By Cookson Beecher on September 19, 2012

The good news for kids this year is that they’re getting healthier foods in the meals they eat at school, thanks to new USDA standards that include a call for more servings of fruit and…
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Colorado Changes Its Cantaloupe Growing Practices

By Dan Flynn on April 25, 2012

The few Colorado farmers who grow the same brand of cantaloupe implicated in last year’s Listeria outbreak — the most deadly outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. in decades — are falling into line

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Creating a Food Safety Plan for Local Growers

By Vade Donaldson on December 13, 2011

The popularity of farmers markets and direct farm-to-market sales, such as Community Supported Agriculture, is growing nationwide. The mission of the “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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Sprouts Pose a Unique Danger, EFSA Says

By Gretchen Goetz on November 22, 2011

Following the massive European E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts grown from contaminated seeds this spring, the European Commission requested that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) conduct an analysis of the specific threats facing

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Bridging the GAP: Bringing Big Food Safety Regulations to Small Farms

By Gretchen Goetz on October 24, 2011

For large farming operations, food safety audits are commonplace. Many buyers require them before purchasing produce. However, small farms are rarely inspected by auditors, because the cost of implementing a safety plan can be too…
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GlobalGAP Conference in Atlanta Oct. 17-18

By News Desk on October 10, 2011

The GlobalG.A.P. Tour 2011 conference Oct. 17 and 18 in Atlanta will bring together fresh produce industry-leading speakers and delegates to discuss safety and sustainability in the context of Good Agriculture Practices next week.

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