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  • May 15th 2008 Issue
  • Good Point: Timothy Dahle

    Is Farm Certification in Your Future?

    Oh, no! Oh, my! Now, what will we do? That alarm is usually reserved for the arrival of my mother-in-law. But no, this is about a press release. And it’s not just the President or Hillary talking, it is someone big, someone important, it is WAL-MART! Yes, $90-­billion-in-fourth-quarter-sales Wal–Mart. Selling-the-value-of-a-small-country-every-three-months Wal–Mart. Recently, Wal-Mart announced that it would require that the fruit it buys must come from warehouses that are certified as Integrated Fruit Production (IFP). The company is looking for one of several certifications that accomplish this. This can be the USDA program called Good Handling Practices (GHP) or the […]

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