date:Oct 11, 2018
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In response, California LGMA recently updated its food safety practices in several areas. Currently, leafy greens growers are already required to test their water on a monthly basis. When the winter lettuce planting season begins, growers will also need to triple the buffer zone between CAFOs and lettuce, from 400 to 1,200 feet.
Ijpr.org quoted Patty Lovera, a member of DC-based environmental group Food and Water Watch, adding a note of caution about how standards are set for buffer