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  • From: Sojourner <sojournr AT missouri.org>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: carrots and horse manure
  • Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:18:49 -0600


Bill Shoemaker wrote:
>
> As I said before, the risk is slight, but real. Salmonella bacteria, a
> source of food poisoning, can be found in animal manure. There isn't any
> sense in taking any risk with raw manure when the manure can be composted to
> eliminate the risk.

The risk of being struck by a meteorite is also slight, but real.

So de we have any statistics on just what this slight but real risk is?
Preferably some that take into account the difference between sources of
manure - say, separating out factory farm lagoon effluent from small
operations that deal with reasonable amounts of manure without letting
it sit around to become toxic sludge?

--
Holly ;-D
Contrary Peasant
sojournr AT missouri.org




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