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Departments
6 First Bite
Meet the new Senior Editor
7 Quick Bites
40 Good Stuff
40 Good To Go
41 Good Deals
44 Advertiser Index
45 Classifieds
46 Last Bite
Young Grower: Brett Valicoff
On the
cover
Granny Smith
apple harvest,
Broetje Fruit,
Prescott,
Washington
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YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
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Good Point
14 Food safety issues
challenge industry
Northwest Horticultural Council President
Christian Schlect says new regulations are
having big impact on growers.
Also in this issue
12 FDA will educate
before they regulate
Food Safety Modernization Act is causing
some fear and trepidation among growers.
34 Before you push
Older orchards can be repurposed to
new uses or topworked to new varieties.
"Food safety is
with us; it will not
go away. Orchards
and packing houses
in the Pacific
Northwest are
adapting quietly
and effectively to
this hard reality."
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