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IF you could Achieve Significant Benefits in Multiple Areas: • Inventory & Supply Chain • #Food Safety • Labor • Yields Would you???

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Permalink Reply by Matt on October 28, 2011 at 5:23pm

Of course we would as long as it did not involve us purchasing something up front or outlaying more cash for some distant potential return.  There are only so many hours in the day and dollars in the bank.  I don't want to work harder.  I don't want to pay more and have my family get less. 

That is the crux of the argument.  Is industry giving anything away to improve the areas you mentiond? 

Permalink Reply by Greg on October 28, 2011 at 5:30pm
Pam, under full disclosure, do you have anything to do with Harvest2Ship, financially or employment wise?
Permalink Reply by Pamela Sweeten on October 28, 2011 at 5:53pm

Greg I completely agree.  Now lets be real.  When the consumer quits buying out of season products things will change until then we have FDA and FSMA.

 

Greg, Yes I assisted in the configuration.  Does it work Yes.  Is it an expense to the grower yes.  Will it assist the processor, grower or packer be FDA compliant YES.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Jack Ellis on October 29, 2011 at 8:33am

Not at all, Greg. I don't agree.

Her topic is a good one and, while she may be a salesperson, she is engaging in an informative discussion in a positive way. She's nothing like those who just post an ad and leave. She is contributing to our forum. 

Pamela is defending her position and her product, and doing a pretty darn good job of it too! She is right on target in her reply to Janie - local markets, like yours and mine, have not been responsible for any of the outbreaks recently.

Even in our little backwoods county, our one and only health inspector keeps his eye on our stand. Once, the volunteer ladies were cutting the ends off the corn to get rid of the earworm - with an unwashed knife. He told us that if we want to process vegetables we will have to have running water and sanitary tools and surfaces - sounded reasonable to us! He won't let us shell the peas either, even if we do it in the church kitchen, pack them in bags and keep them on ice. That sort of stuff requires licenses and facilities, not to mention insurance, that we don't have. 

Farmers Markets should be policed!

Jack

 

Permalink Reply by Pamela Sweeten on October 29, 2011 at 1:10pm
Permalink Reply by Anna Williamson on January 27, 2012 at 1:17pm

Pam, Me and my husband live and farm in florida. We grow for Driscoll Strawberry Assc. And we do have the traceback in place. I like it because if there is a problem on down the road you can look it up and it gives you the farm,the day it was picked and the employee that picked it. We like it because if there should be a problem we can go all the way back even to the employee. 

Permalink Reply by Pamela Sweeten on January 30, 2012 at 4:39am

Anna,

I am happy to hear your comments.  So often people forget that it protect the produce they work so hard to grow.  Traceability is complete and a cost of doing business in the United States and abroad if your shipment is bound for the USA!

 

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