Food parasite fear drives customers to trusted New Jersey farm

By: Joanna Gagis, Katie Crist

Outlets: NJ Spotlight

Published: July 27, 2026

Words: 530

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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A late April freeze blanketed New Jersey and much of the East Coast, causing widespread destruction of crops, and with it hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Now, one farm is grateful for the produce it was able to save — and for the customers who trust a local source amid a national outbreak of foodborne illness.

“It really did affect all the way from upstate New York down to North Carolina,” Rebekah Alstede …

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