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California leafy greens growers spend less than $60 per acre on food safety efforts.

California leafy greens growers spend less than  per acre on food safety efforts.
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Tim York, CEO of the Leafy Greens Marketing Organization, said growers typically produce 25,000 to 40,000 leafy greens per acre.

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A new study finds that the cost of food safety paid by California’s large leafy vegetable growers has increased over the past two decades.

A study by University of California researchers found that for growers who are members of the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA), costs per acre increased from an average of $24.04 per acre to $54.63 per acre.

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