Safety Certification

Safe produce begins in the field, so our growing, harvesting and packing operations implement “Good Agricultural Practices” programs accepted by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) in both California and Arizona. Our certification by LGMA, operating with oversight from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, entails yearly audits, monthly audits and ongoing self-audits to ensure safe produce in five key areas: general, environmental assessments, water use, soil amendments, and work practices and field observations.

Food safety requires commitment, constant vigilance and increasingly stringent standards. To meet and exceed these standards, we added a food safety director and additional staff to our food safety department. This team contributed to writing the industry guideline publication, “Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Lettuce and Leafy Greens Supply Chain.”