TWO issues have emerged in recent years that are of increasing concern to fruit growers: food safety and sustainability. Because of that, the Washington State Horticultural Association is launching a program designed to help growers with both: GrowersResponse to Agricultural Safe and Sustainable Practices (GRAS2P). But it's not just for growers, notes the program's coordinator, Susan Pheasant; it's by growers. "The growers are very much co-authors on this," she says.
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