Food safety and environmental quality impose conflicting demands on Central Coast growers
Food safety and environmental quality impose conflicting demands on Central Coast growers
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DOI：
10.3733/ca.v062n02p68
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发表时间：
2008-04-01
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Stuart, Diana
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作者：
Beretti, Melanie;Stuart, Diana
加州中部海岸的新鲜农产品种植者目前在保护食品安全和保护环境质量的措施方面面临着相互矛盾的要求。为了探讨冲突压力的程度，并确定对环境可能产生的影响范围，我们在2007年春季对中部海岸灌溉作物种植者进行了调查。调查结果表明，种植者正经历着明显的冲突，一些种植者正遭受经济困难，因为他们保护环境的做法导致买家拒绝购买作物。此外，一些种植者被鼓励或正在积极取消保护水质的做法，大多数种植者正在采取行动，阻止或消灭农田及其附近的野生动物。这些措施可能会影响中部海岸的大片土地，正如种植者所指出的那样，它们可能会随着时间的推移而增加。
Growers of fresh produce on the Central Coast of California currently face conflicting demands regarding measures to protect food safety and those to protect environmental quality. To explore the extent of conflicting pressures and identify the range of possible impacts on the environment, we conducted a survey of Central Coast irrigated-row-crop growers during spring 2007. The results indicate that growers are experiencing a clear conflict, and some are incurring economic hardships because their practices to protect the environment have resulted in the rejection of crops by buyers. In addition, some growers are being encouraged to or are actively removing conservation practices for water quality, and most growers are taking action to discourage or eliminate wildlife from and adjacent to croplands. These actions could affect large areas of land on the Central Coast and, as indicated by growers, they are likely to increase over time.