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News Coverage
- 03/19/2007 Sacramento Bee: Meeting to address safety of eating greens – Oakland session Tuesday is meant to help federal officials with a response to recent health scares.
- 03/19/2007 Monterey Herald: Food safety, worker hygiene and three words
- 03/19/2007 Salinas Californian: State Senate panel weighs bills to halt spread of E. coli – Hearing set for Tuesday on three bills
- 03/19/2007 Monterey Herald: A DAY OF JOY AMID HARD TIMES – Oaxacans celebrate their heritage but reel from loss of work from freeze
- 03/18/2007 Associated Press: Senate committee weighs bills to prevent E. coli outbreaks
- 03/18/2007 Monterey Herald: Federal government seeking public input on food safety
- 03/16/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Farmworkers needing relief – Thousands are out of work after cold killed crops
- 03/15/2007 Tom Paine.com: Finally, Disaster Aid To Farmworkers
- 03/15/2007 Land Line Magazine: Produce industry still missing the point with self-regulation
- 03/15/2007 Fresno Bee: Workers hit by freeze receive ‘bit of a silver lining’
- 03/15/2007 Visallia Times Delta: Freeze money coming
- 03/15/2007 Christian Science Monitor: A move to make fresh US produce safer
- 03/14/2007 Salinas Californian: LUPE breaks ground for play
- 03/14/2007 Associated Press: Governor: Federal declaration not enough to address freeze
- 03/14/2007 CBS 47: Freeze Disaster is Official (video)
- 03/14/2007 ABC 30: Freeze Disaster is Official (video)
- 03/14/2007 Ventura County Star: Bush to declare freeze a disaster – Food banks to get most benefit locally, officials say
- 03/14/2007 Merced Sun Star: Disaster declaration will help ag community
- 03/14/2007 Sacramento Bee: San Joaquin farmers poised for freeze aid
- 03/14/2007 Orange County Register: A food fix for a sick produce industry
- 03/14/2007 Virginia Farm Bureau: Public had varied responses to last fall’s spinach recall
- 03/13/2007 Tom Paine.com: Disaster Aid Bypasses Farmworkers
- 03/13/2007 Sacramento Bee: Demand for data on food disease – Lawmaker wants agency to release findings on tainted Valley spinach.
- 03/13/2007 San Jose Mercury News: Critics attack FDA’s guidelines for cut produce, call them weak
- 03/13/2007 The Salinas Californian: Federal food rules voluntary – Farm industry fears they could become mandatory