Alert Date: 5/23/12 Pest: Late Blight on potato Location: Burlington County, NJ
Continue reading...May 23, 2012 Administrator
Vegetable Alert: Late Blight on Potato
May 22, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Compliance Documentation – Field Operations Log
Part 5 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan – Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline The USDA Good Agricultural Practices audit requires that certain activities on the farm be documented. These logs should accurately reflect what you have done on the farm to ensure food safety. If you do not write your activities down the […]
Continue reading...May 11, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Traceback
Part 4 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan -Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline Part 4 continues the Answering General Questions portion of your farm food safety plan, which covers the broad details of: Who is responsible for the farm food safety plan and how to reach them Worker health and hygiene education Pesticide usage Traceability Suggested […]
Continue reading...May 7, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Plan Responsibility and Worker Health, Hygiene Education
Part 3 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan -Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline The purpose of the Answers to General Questions portion of your farm food safety plan is to cover the broad details of your plan. Who is responsible for plan implementation and how to reach them; worker health and hygiene education; pesticide […]
Continue reading...April 27, 2012 Administrator
Freeze Warning for Northwest NJ
Smudge pot and open burning permits for freeze protection on farms have once again been authorized Friday night Aprit 27, 2012 and each night through Monday morning. See Crop Protection: Procedures for Open Burning and the Use of Smudge Pots Pertaining to New Jersey Fruit, Vegetables, and Floriculture.
Continue reading...April 26, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Farm Mapping
Part 2 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan -Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline Farm mapping is a familiar thing for growers in New Jersey. Field maps, pesticide storage maps and customer maps are regular tasks, but mapping for food safety? Mapping your farm with food safety in mind allows you to manage the physical […]
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