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 […]
Continue reading...April 18, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Mission Statement
Part 1 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan -Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline Having a farm food safety plan that is specific to your operation makes good business sense. Publicity about illness outbreaks traced back to farms has created a public that pays much more attention to food safety than they used to. Developing […]
Continue reading...April 12, 2012 Jack Rabin
White Rot on Garlic
PDL Senior Lab Technician, Sabrina Tirpak, gives the definitive diagnosis when a central New Jersey grower of organic produce calls their county agent to report problems in a field of overwinter garlic. [Read More…] Source: Sustaining Farming on the Urban Fringe
Continue reading...April 1, 2012 Wes Kline
Food Safety as an Important Part of Your Operation
I have been collaborating with NJDA in food safety training since 1999. Meredith Melendez and I took on this task at growers request to help support the industry. At times, it has been a frustrating experience for both growers and us. Some growers and buyers have said “I will get out of the business before […]
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