TOPIC(S): Vegetables, Fruit, USDA,

01/07/2021 SOURCE: www.freshplaza.com

USDA sanctions California company for PACA violations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Poblano Fresh Produce Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions…

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JAMES MSASA JAMES MSASA
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Topics: Soil Health, Markets/Pricing, Agriculture Global, Beyond Organic , Ag Africa,

Farmers and traders lets be trustful by making sure we feed our clients healthily food. In Uganda they have found out sellers of 🍅 in markets spray certain pesticides so as to make it stay longer before selling. Am advising Farmers to plant better hybrid F1 tomato varieties which can stay longer for like 2 weeks in the market instead of using the chemicals for preserving tomatoes. Plant seeds like ASILA F1, ANNA F1 from Bayer(SEMINIS) and others like Tylka F1, Imara F1, etc which after harvesting can stay for 2 weeks without rotting.

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