While both of these labeling efforts encourage IPM use. They go about it a bit differently. The Wegmans method lists acceptable practices and quantifies required levels of commitment by growers using an 'elements and points' system. The elements and points are negotiated periodically by a group representing the growers, processors, Wegmans and the IPM program in the state where the crop is grown. We use similar elements in Pennsylvania, but they are adjusted based on growing conditions and pest complexes in our state.
Enforcement is done by independent auditing of pest management activity records kept by the grower.
Records are linked to product so that a consumer inquiring about a particular food item can be shown the records associated with the growing of that item. CoreValues uses a more philosophical relationship. The farm plan outlines the practices and approaches the grower will take to implement IPM in a given year. The plans are submitted early in the year and are approved or rejected by the committee. Enforcement in this system is by a consultant who travels to each participating farm towards the end of the growing season to inspect records and interview the grower.