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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Manure Issues
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:08:09 -0600


>Avery - not the Centers for Disease Control - started this fire about e
coli
>in organic produce. The CDC doesn't even agree with Avery on this issue.
>
>As I wrote earlier, I doubt this 'problem' has anything to do with using
>manure as an amendment. It suggests that it has everything to do with
human
>hygienic practices during harvest (lettuce, tomatoes, bean sprouts,
>whatever).

I think you've hit the nail on the head. Though manure can be the
source, it's really more likely that human workers with unsanitary practices
that are the source of e-coli contamination. And conventional growers are
just as susceptible to this as are organic growers.


>
>While I would agree that everyone handling manure should have a clear
>understanding about what they are handling, it is not a new practice.
>However, I challenge all of us to contact their local agricultural support
>service and ask for information and guidance on proper composting and
>application of manure on fields designated for fresh produce sales. These
>are the organizations that must disseminate this information. Please,
share
>your findings with the group.
>
>Del Williams
>Farmer in the Del
>
>



Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center





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