Many orchardists view deer as pests because they munch on the leaves of young trees. But Bridget Bailey, vice president for food safety at Orchard View Farms in The Dalles, Oregon, has a plan to protect deer and elk in the neighborhood of the orchard. It’s one way she is fulfilling the requirements of a stringent quality certification program that’s needed in order to ship cherries to the major U.K. retailer Tesco. While meeting EurepGAP standards is sufficient for most U.K. buyers, Tesco has its own, more demanding program called Nature’s Choice, which is based on best farming practices, not […]