Arizona Leafy Greens

Sergio Nieto-Montenegro of Hispanic Workforce Management speaks about the development of the Arizona Leafy Greens Food Safety Training Program.

  Fresh Cut Magazine featured the Arizona Leafy Greens posters in its magazine.  

Visual, one-page poster allows on-the-spot training for field workers YUMA (Feb. 17, 2012) – The Arizona Leafy Greens Food Safety Committee has added another tool to its arsenal of educational outreach for those who work in the leafy greens industry: a one-page, colorful poster in both English and Spanish that addresses 15 simple rules to [...]

Even before President Obama signed a new food safety law on Jan. 4, 2011, Yuma-area farmers had been voluntarily taking steps to ensure the healthy vegetables they produce don’t end up being a health risk instead. It all starts at ground zero with the soil and water that nurture the plants from seed to maturity. [...]

Arizona Leafy Greens member Duncan Family Farms visits with Channel 3 to discuss its safe food handling practices.

Since its inception four years ago, Arizona Leafy Greens recognized that good food safety practices must occur at the field level. Last year Arizona Leafy Greens developed and executed a major safety initiative designed to educate field workers in safe food handling practices. The Food Safety Training Program, “Harvesting Safe Leafy Greens,” is a culturally [...]

Food Safety a Priority for Arizona Growers and Shippers Click here to download full issue of Arizona Agriculture By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau. For three years now, consumer confidence in the safety of the American food supply has remained steady with 47% of American consumers rating themselves as confident in the safety of U.S. [...]

Link to original article on Yuma Sun BY JOYCE LOBECK – SUN STAFF WRITER The Arizona Leafy Greens consortium is rolling out an initiative to educate field workers in safe food handling practices, representing a uniform set of guidelines that breaks new ground in the leafy greens industry. Food safety training is a major component [...]

Link to original article on Western Farm Press Arizona Leafy Greens consortium rolls out initiative to educate field workers on safe food handling practices to ensure integrity of Arizona grown, shipped leafy greens. Food Safety Training Kit – a bilingual food safety training program aimed at employees in the leafy greens industry. Program designed for [...]

KTVK TV3 profiles Arizona’s Leafy Greens program and shows the effort farmers make to ensure food safety.