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["Naomi" <dragon-star@cableone.net>]

The livestock eats the FALLEN fruit. People eat PICKED OFF THE TREE fruit.
Sounds reasonably safe to me.. 

I have livestock, goats, donkeys, beefalo and chickens.  I always fertilize
with manure so I guess I am use to living life on the edge.
Naomi

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Hal Love
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 8:31 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Turkeys May Benefit Organic Orchards

>From what I have read, the E. coli issues are primarily the result of
modern
agri practices of feeding livestock lots of grain. I would think that free
ranging turkeys or other livestock that are not grain-fed, would pose
little, if any, E. coli risk.

Hal

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Turkeys May Benefit Organic Orchards


> Hello,
>
> With the new strains of ecoli, deliberately running animals in the orchard
> is a bad idea today.
>
> Once upon a time it was good idea, today it is a very bad idea.
>
> I would NEVER buy fruit/cider/produce from any farm that deliberately ran
> livestock (of any species) through the orchard.  It may be picturesque,
cut
> down on insects and boost sales, but to a thinking consumer it is health
> folly.  It is no different that migrant workers defecating in the fields
and
> contaminating food.
>
> With modern changes in ecoli this is only common sense.  Common sense can
> sometimes be hard to find today though.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>