With the new strains of ecoli, deliberately running animals in the orchardCommon sense in this case, even with modern changes in ecoli, doesn't require that you never have livestock in the orchard. It only requires that livestock are not in the orchard too close to harvest time.
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.
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