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Every Vermont food producer that I have talked to wants to produce the safest food possible for their customers and consumers, which is great!  In my previous WAGN blog, and in a recent blog with the Vermont New […]

Happy 2013 everyone!

Some of you may have heard that on Jan 4, 2013 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released 2 long-awaited proposed rules to provide more details on implementing the Food Safety […]

“Your hot sauce is awesome!  You should try to sell it.”  Have you ever heard these or similar words about any foods that you make?  Or maybe you raise lots of delicious fresh produce and want to add some value […]

It’s a girl!  My husband and I were blessed with our first baby- Nisa Chinwe Nwadike- in January. We are all doing great- and I am slowly adjusting to life as a working mom (as many of you readers can relate to!) Before she was born, I had discussed with various people a number of different food [...]

Don’t you love getting a present in the mail? For me (partially because I am almost 8 months pregnant!), I really love it when those presents are tasty Vermont foods that I can enjoy!  The upcoming holiday season is a great time for all of you that are producing wonderful foods to share these products with [...]

I have always loved autumn, and I enjoy it even more now that I live in tree-filled Vermont (particularly on warm, sunny days )!  As a kid, I think I lik ed it partially because my birthday is in September… Now, I cherish seeing the beautiful fall colors and eating farm-fresh apples, pumpkins, winter squash, potatoes, carrots, [...]

Starting a specialty food business can be very rewarding, but it also requires a great deal of planning and attention to details, including meeting food safety regulations. One of the reasons that I was excited to start my job as UVM Extension Food Safety Specialist (in November 2010) was because of the large number of thriving [...]