The Alliance for Food and Farming has an updated website — safefruitsandveggies.com — to better serve a growing base of consumers, dietitians and others looking for science-based information on fresh produce.
The alliance, which regularly posts information to educate consumers about the safety of fresh produce consumption in relation to the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen/Clean Fifteen lists, has seen visits to the website grow.
“The safefruitsandveggies.com website now receives tens of thousands of visitors each year,” Teresa Thorne, executive director, said in a news release. “We want to continue to improve the site, retain our visitors and attract new users. The newly formatted site will help us to do that.”
New sections include “A Dozen Reasons to Eat Fruits and Veggies,” and “Five Facts About Produce,” expanding on popular blog posts on the site, according to the release.
A Safety Standards section on the site provides comprehensive information on food safety regulations and organic/conventional pesticides.
“This has become among the most visited sections of safefruitsandveggies.com because all the pesticide regulation information from various government agencies can be found in one place," Thorne said in the release. "Instead of going through multiple searches and websites to learn more about these regulations, people can just come to safefruitsandveggies.com."
Web pages specifically for nutritionists and dietitians are under development. Thorne said the alliance has had requests for information on what to tell consumers, customers and clients when they ask about produce safety.
“Since research shows consumers find dietitians and nutritionists are among the most credible sources when it comes to pesticide residues and produce safety, it is important they have readily usable information,” Thorne said in the release.
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