Alert Date: 6/23/12 Pest: Late blight Location: Late blight was confirmed on actively sporulating leaf lesions from an 70 acre processing tomato field outside of Elmer, NJ. All lesions were found on the upper most leaves in the canopy suggesting Late blight was carried in from an outside source. This is the second report of […]
Continue reading...June 6, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Compliance Documentation – Packinghouse Logs
Part 7 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan -Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline The USDA Good Agricultural Practices Third Party 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, […]
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Vegetable Alert: Cucurbit Downy Mildew on Cucumber
Alert Date: 5/30/2012 Pest: Cucurbit downy mildew Location: Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in areas near Swedesboro/Glassboro (Gloucester County). This is the first report of cucurbit downy mildew in the mid-Atlantic region this year.
Continue reading...May 25, 2012 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Compliance Documentation – Harvest Logs
Part 6 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 auditor […]
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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 […]
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