Review: Small organic farms see crops go to waste despite demand for local produce

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Small organic farms see crops go to waste despite demand for local produce

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“You would think that with the gardening stores being so busy, people would want to come out here and work. They could certainly learn a lot,” says Mr. Healey, who currently employs six farm hands, down from 12 this time last year. CanadaGap is a food-safety program for companies that produce, handle and broker fruits and vegetables. Based on the internationally recognized HACCP standards, the program provides rigorous guidelines for things such as packing containers, sorting, sanitization, washing stations and more. It requires a ton of paperwork and in-person audits of every single crop during harvest.

 

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Oppressive Govt rules and regulations are devastating to agriculture and that’s why so much food is going to waste.

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