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Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded
- From: Carla Shafer <cs13 AT cornell.edu>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] I'm a TN farmer also...flooded
- Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 08:00:37 -0500
Thanks, Bill. That reflects my belief about organisms, as well. Probably, the greater concern would be the transport and deposit of non-organic residues from neighboring farms and industrial sites. Luckily, our small tributary river doesn't have industrial sites along it. But there are certainly many non-organic farms, with extensive *cide use upstream from us.
Carla Shafer, Farmer
Earthly Goods Farm
3344 Hwy 438
Pleasantville, TN 37033
ph 931 230-7567 Visit us on the web at http://www.EarthlyGoodsFarm.com
If you’re concerned about food-borne pathogens, take into consideration that they don’t persist well in soil normally. If you incorporate any residue from the flood into the ground, the native micro-organisms largely out-compete, or even predate on the food-borne pathogens. That’s one of the many reasons having a strong soil microbe community is beneficial.
Bill
William H. Shoemaker
Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - Crop Sciences
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174
630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610
I, too, would be interested to have information about health considerations related to working recently flooded land. Once I think the local health department is a little less stressed I'll give them a call and report back here.
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