The Vermont Times Argus reports on the discontinuation of the decades-old tradition of factory tours at Maple Grove Farms factory:

"One of fallouts of those guidelines was to restrict access to food plants a lot more than they ever have been in past," says Dave Fusaro, editor-in-chief at Food Processing, an industry trade magazine. "Maybe the biggest loss was the plant tour. Used to be you could bring a Boy Scout troop in and walk right through. That ain't going to happen anymore."

[via @kimseverson]