Trevor Suslow
Storm-Induced Flood Concerns a Reality for Tree Crops
Prolonged flooding has potentially serious disease impacts beyond food safety.
Postharvest Predicament: The Dog Days of Summer Renew Interest in Water Reuse
Drought and regulation make water sustainability measures increasingly more important.
Listeria Might Be a Risk on Straw Mulch for Strawberries
While the chance of an outbreak is not great, the quality of straw mulch being used is definitely a point worth pondering.
Transforming Foodborne Illness Outbreak Reports Into Industrywide Actions
Such investigations can often lead to increased efficiency, quality, and safety.
A Wake-Up Call for Growers on Biostimulants and Biofertilizers
Awareness is key to heading off pathogen contamination and identifying practical and effective preventive controls.
Unpacking Food Safety in a World of Coronavirus
Should you implement an environmental monitoring program for COVID-19 on your farm? Why or why not?
Food Safety: Once More Into the Ozone
Ozonation is a terrific technology with tremendous benefits in ensuring the safety of fresh fruit, but it’s not a “silver bullet.”
Crop Advisers Should Help Growers with Onerous Ag-Water Mandates
Crop advisers need to step up to the plate and help growers comply with Food Safety Modernization Act – especially onerous ag water mandates.
It’s Time To ‘Farmer-Up’ For Food Safety
Many vegetable growers in most parts of the U.S. and at all scales of production and marketing channels […]
Getting A Grip On Listeria
Without question, one of the top three topic questions reaching my Extension office for the past nine months […]
Getting Educated On FSMA Regulations
It Isn’t here today but it is inevitable. From the starter’s gun on Jan. 4, 2011, with the […]
A Food Safety Progress Report
Although I uniformly use this column as an opportunity to share current technical information and applied knowledge, I […]