There's a frog in my salad! A review of online media coverage for wild vertebrates found in prepackaged produce in the United States

Sparrow Preferences for Winter Cover Crops in California's Central Coast

“…There is an asphalt road (Spence Road) between the broccoli field the greenhouses in the background. The geographic coordinates of the irrigation value in the field are 36 • 37'18.4 "N 121 • 32'59.1" W. Hughes et al, 2019;Olimpi et al, 2020), to understand and appreciate the differences between bird species on their farms and develop management practices that minimize crop losses while enhancing ecosystem services that birds provide. While this issue applies to all farms that are working to improve their sustainability, it is particularly important on certified organic farms where USDA National Organic regulations require biodiversity and natural resource conservation (USDA National Organic Program, 2016;WFA, 2016).…”

Evaluating Exclusion Barriers for Treefrogs in Agricultural Landscapes

“…Even though amphibians may not pose a serious contamination risk, they have not been entirely ruled out as a potential vector or reservoir for some human pathogens, such as Salmonella bacteria, near crop fields (Jay‐Russell and Doyle 2016). Amphibians can also cause significant economic losses to farmers by ending up in prepackaged produce in the hands of the consumer (Hughes et al 2019). Furthermore, if they are detected by food‐safety or food‐quality professionals during inspections, large areas of produce fields can be labeled unsellable, and the product will often be destroyed.…”

“…Because of the myriad of risks that amphibians pose to leafy‐green production in the Salinas Valley (e.g., Hughes et al 2019), there is a need to explore novel co‐management practices. Modified fences could be a powerful exclusion measure for reducing intrusions into crop fields that improves the co‐management of treefrogs and agriculture.…”

“…Modified fences could be a powerful exclusion measure for reducing intrusions into crop fields that improves the co‐management of treefrogs and agriculture. Here, we evaluated the effectiveness of fence modifications to impede fence‐crossing behavior in Pacific treefrogs ( Hyliola regilla ), the most commonly identified species in consumer‐based incidents (Hughes et al 2019). We tested 4 fence designs in microcosm field experiments with the aim to provide a more effective co‐management practice to mitigate treefrog intrusions into fields that contain fresh produce intended for human consumption.…”