produce, and dust drifting into fields in from nearby roads).
Large and medium scale growers perceived fewer barriers to
adopting preventative practices in the Facility and Equipment
Sanitation factor (proper equipment sanitation, proper restrooms
and handwashing station availability, and proper sewage disposal).
The significant mean difference between large and small scale
growers may support the claim that large scale growers have
greater access to resources for capital intense solutions. Alternatively,
this could be influenced by growers believing that the
development process for making produce safety rules lacks legitimacy
and their skepticism regarding for whom the rules are
appropriate. This is likely to be the situation since smaller growers
use different growing practices and direct market most of their
produce. From interviews, we know that smaller scale growers
perceived the new food safety rules will promote a single-scale,