The race for clean greens

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Contra Costa Times
Oakland Tribune
San Jose Mercury News
Summary: 

Five years after the Salinas Valley became the epicenter of a national food disaster when an E. coli outbreak was linked to spinach grown there, valley farmers have retooled almost every step in their industry to ensure the safety of their produce. One result is that they helped develop state food safety standards that are being held up as a national model.

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Salinas Valley: Ultra-careful center of safe food production
Deborah Schoch, CHCF Center for Health Reporting | November 28, 2011
Marisol Galez grabs spinach bunches for contamination testing at Earthbound Farm in San Juan Bautista, Calif. on Friday, November 11, 2011. (Photo by Lauren M. Whaley/CHCF Center for Health Reporting) SALINAS -- Five years after their healthy-looking green fields became the epicenter of a national food disaster, farmers in the Salinas Valley are still working to regain something even the most bountiful harvest can't ensure: the public's trust.
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Photography Gallery: Food Safety Five Years After the Salinas Valley E. Coli Outbreak
Lauren M. Whaley, CHCF Center for Health Reporting  | November 28, 2011
Multimedia reporter Lauren M. Whaley traveled to Salinas Valley, Calif. to capture some of the efforts valley growers and companies have put in place since the 2006 E. Coli outbreak.
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