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  • From: "stonecirclefarm tds.net" <stonecirclefarm AT tds.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] a manure plow...
  • Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 22:01:20 -0600

I have attended GAP trainings here in Wisconsin. At those sessions, a
food safety specialist from Iowa said that there is research
suggesting that it is actually better to leave manure on the surface
for a short period of time before incorporation because the sun
(solarization?) helps reduce the dangerous strain of Ecoli. -John

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Michael Meredith <meredith848 AT yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Seems to me that a plow and manure spreader device could be built, to plant
> manure well into the earth, from which those ugly little ecoli beasties
> could not escape.....
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Regarding the statement below about manure-to-harvest intervals, I'd
>> be curious to know how many folks on this list have attended GAP
>> training, and/or how many people are putting GAP into use.  When I
>> attended an intro session here last month, the recommendation is now
>> 210 days between application of manure and harvest of ANYTHING -
>> roots, leaves, fruits, whatever.  That sure set us back.  We decided
>> that knowing the new guidelines, we couldn't in good conscience expand
>> into a field that would clearly fall between the old 125-day and new
>> 210-day withdrawal period.  One whole field of production - removed
>> from consideration in 2010.  Anyone else weighing those options?
>> Kathryn Kerby
>> Frog Chorus Farm
>> Snohomish, WA
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