Farm Progress

Photos: 2013 United Fresh convention, San Diego, Calif.

Cary Blake 1, Editor

June 21, 2013

4 Slides

The stakes are very incredibly high for the U.S. produce industry and for consumers of fruits and vegetables. On one hand, food safety efforts are the cornerstone to produce a safe food supply for consumers while ensuring public confidence in the safety of their food supply. On the other hand, it is important to apply food safety practices only where truly needed in the food-to-fork process for fruits and vegetables.

About the Author

Cary Blake 1

Cary Blake 1

Editor, Western Farm Press

Cary Blake, associate editor with Western Farm Press, has 32 years experience as an agricultural journalist. Blake covered Midwest agriculture for 25 years on a statewide farm radio network and through television stories that blanketed the nation.
 
Blake traveled West in 2003. Today he reports on production agriculture in California and Arizona.
 
Blake is a native Mississippian, graduate of Mississippi State University, and a former Christmas tree grower.

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