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New design for low - cost fruit and vegetable washing station

Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, food safety Are you looking for a low-cost, portable and simple way to wash and spray fruits and vegetables in your washing/packing area? This is a construction guide and materials list to build a mobile wash station for washing fruits and vegetables. The station has both a spray table for roots and a stand for wash tubs for washing things like greens. These are the materials needed to construct 2 flat topped spray tables and 1 tub station. Pricing changes over time, and likely will continue to go up, but this is the estimate for building 2 spray tables and 1 wash tub station. The current total is approximately $388 in materials.   Photo: David van Eeckhout, The Good Acre Materials List Item Qty Description and Link Source Price Total Lumber 14 2x6x10' Menard's $8.72 $122.08 Screws 2 1 lb boxes 9x2 1/2 exterior screws for structure Menard's $7.78 $15.56 Paint 1 Exterior paint for wooden parts Ramsey County Product Re-use Center $0.00 $...