Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action

KL Steenwerth, AK Hodson, AJ Bloom… - Agriculture & Food …, 2014 - Springer
Background Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) addresses the challenge of meeting the
growing demand for food, fibre and fuel, despite the changing climate and fewer …

Transport and fate of microbial pathogens in agricultural settings

SA Bradford, VL Morales, W Zhang… - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
An understanding of the transport and survival of microbial pathogens (pathogens hereafter)
in agricultural settings is needed to assess the risk of pathogen contamination to water and …

Spatial and temporal factors associated with an increased prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in spinach fields in New York State

D Weller, M Wiedmann, LK Strawn - Applied and Environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
While rain and irrigation events have been associated with an increased prevalence of
foodborne pathogens in produce production environments, quantitative data are needed to …

Comanaging fresh produce for nature conservation and food safety

DS Karp, S Gennet, C Kilonzo… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
In 2006, a deadly Escherichia coli O157: H7 outbreak in bagged spinach was traced to
California's Central Coast region, where> 70% of the salad vegetables sold in the United …

Potential for pathogen reduction in anaerobic digestion and biogas generation in Sub-Saharan Africa

LM Avery, KY Anchang, V Tumwesige, N Strachan… - Biomass and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Current burdens of faecally derived pathogens entering the environment through untreated
human and animal faeces can lead to disease, through direct handling and through …

Efficacy of constructed wetlands for removal of bacterial contamination from agricultural return flows

FJ Díaz, AT O'Geen, RA Dahlgren - Agricultural water management, 2010 - Elsevier
Water quality degradation from bacterial pathogens is one of the leading causes of surface
water impairment in California agricultural watersheds. In the San Joaquin Valley …

Food safety and environmental quality impose conflicting demands on Central Coast growers

M Beretti, D Stuart - California Agriculture, 2008 - escholarship.org
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 …

Nutrient transport through a vegetative filter strip with subsurface drainage

R Bhattarai, PK Kalita, MK Patel - Journal of Environmental Management, 2009 - Elsevier
The transport of nutrients and soil sediments in runoff has been recognized as a noteworthy
environmental issue. Vegetative Filter Strips (VFS) have been used as one of the best …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for the efficacy of pre-harvest agricultural practices in mitigating food-safety risks to fresh produce in North America

N Devarajan, DL Weller, M Jones, AD Adell… - … in sustainable food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Consumption of contaminated produce remains a leading cause of foodborne illness.
Increasingly, growers are altering agricultural practices and farm environments to manage …

[HTML][HTML] Evolving food safety pressures in California's Central Coast Region

EM Olimpi, P Baur, A Echeverri, D Gonthier… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
California's Central Coast rose to national food safety prominence following a deadly 2006
outbreak of Escherichia coli O157: H7 that was traced to spinach grown in this intensive …