What we put on the soil is a direct reflection of what we are eating. None toxic fert. are producing a lot higher food energy then what anyone will really give it credit for.
2006-09-21 06:20:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
No farmer puts raw manure on his plants- it would kill them. Farmers who use manure derived fertilizers use composted manure, which is a nice dry product very similar to the potting soil you buy at the store. The contamination most likely came from the river used to provide irrigation, and which floods into the fields. There is no such thing as a non-toxic fertilizer for humans. Either the chemicals are not good for us, or the bacteria are not good for us. The fertilizer is for the plants, after all- not the people. The current spinach scare has more to do with our carelessness with our rivers and streams than it does about non-organic farm practices. Everyone along that river wants to take out a share, and nobody thinks about what's going back in.
2006-09-21 15:19:18 · answer #1 · answered by The mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that this was a deliberate act, made for polictical purposes.
Virtually all US produce is harvested using immigrant labor, and that is a political issue.
Does anyone really believe that there is something 'magical' about E coli and spinach, when lettuce, tomatos, beans, celery, etc. are processed the same way, by the same group of people?
Wash *everything*, you don't know who (or what) it was last in contact with.
2006-09-21 13:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by Carter S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
organic farming- uses manure as its fertilizer
that is poop.... E Coli
2006-09-21 13:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋