Food preservation allows you to make the most of harvest season. Practice proper food safety when canning, drying, and freezing to have safe, local food all year round.
Author: cdavies
Scaling up your food production? Have you identified your food safety ‘what ifs’?
If food safety is the process of ensuring that our food does not harm us in the short term, then how do we figure out those potential locations of harm? Especially when scaling up, knowing the answers to your ‘what ifs’ is a critical piece of the the food safety puzzle.
HACCP vs Food Safety? Find the right plan for your business
A proper food safety plan is necessary for business growth and success. Determining whether you need HACCP or a Food Safety Plan shouldn’t stop you from taking that next step. Let us show you how to determine what you need.
Using Grapefruit to Explore my Food System
I looked at grapefruit to explore my food system.
Grapefruit are part of the citrus family with some unique sensory and scientific qualities.
What Hope 2021 Gave Me For 2022
I find it helpful to look back to remember what I achieved in the last 12 months and have a moments of celebration. Perhaps I learned something that I can take forward to give me hope to make 2022 better.
Don’t let Stop Food Waste Day Distract You
April 28th 2021 is National Stop Food Waste Day. In this article I discuss why I have issues with the emphasis on recovering food distracting us from the larger issues of food justice.
Lack of Resilience in the Food System
Farmworkers’ rights, CAFOs, and acres of monocropping fresh produce is an indication of how unnaturally we grow mass produce food and causes foodborne illness.
Conversation with Wayne Proberts Part 5: Future of the Food System
Part 5 from my conversation with Wayne Roberts is about what he saw as the future of the food system.
In Conversation with Wayne Roberts. Part 4: Pushback from Scientists
When Wayne started his food systems work, scientists were quite hostile to the changes he wanted to do. He was also critical of their extractive thinking.
In Conversation with Wayne Roberts: Part 3: Food in the Public Interest
Food is in the public interest because poor diets, due to food high in fat, salt and sugar, lead to chronic health problems. Why don’t we do more about making our food system nutritious?