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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] GAP
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:55:27 -0500
On Feb 10, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Bill Shoemaker wrote:
While some of the GAPS standards are pretty basic food safety there are some aspects of this that are highly controversial. In particular, some seem to have interpreted this as making it necessary to exclude all animals (including wildlife) from the fields and also all nearby areas; which in some areas can cause serious ecological problems as well as huge costs to the growers. As contamination problems seem to have a lot more to do with feedlot cattle than with wildlife, and as excluding normal bacterial life may encourage rather than discourage pathogens, this also may be making the food system more dangerous instead of less. However, again, a lot of the GAP's is basic stuff we all should be doing -- wash your hands, don't apply fresh manure to the lettuce, etc. Reading up on the subject is a good idea. Here's one out of a lot of possible sources (and I agree with the person who suggested the Cornell site for the basic stuff being currently put out as advice): -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly Fresh-market organic produce, small scale |
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[Market-farming] GAP,
nan3russ AT juno.com, 02/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] GAP,
Zachary Mathes, 02/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] GAP,
Bill Shoemaker, 02/10/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] GAP, Road's End Farm, 02/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] GAP, grizzdover, 02/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] GAP,
Bill Shoemaker, 02/10/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] GAP,
Zachary Mathes, 02/10/2010
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