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Tue, 26 Sep 2006

The Truth About Spinach, Ecoli, Natural Selections and Organic Farming From Organic Consumers Association

Like me, you've probably been following the story about the ecoli contamination of spinach on CA farms, such as Natural Selections. And you're also horrified to know that we can die from eating spinach (at least, bagged spinach). Now we're supposed to believe that organic farming is the culprit. In fact, organic spinach has been cleared. Read what OCA has to say about natural selections, spinach and ecoli.

ALERT: E.COLI--GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM:
The recent tragic outbreak of E. coli contamination in spinach that has killed one person and poisoned at least 146 others, is being mistakenly blamed, by some in the media, on organic farming practices--specifically the use of animal manure in making fertilizer compost on organic farms. While no conclusive source of the current E.coli outbreak has yet been determined, mountains of E.coli-tainted manure on conventional factory farm feedlots and rainfall-induced agricultural runoff are the likely culprits. Despite this fact, a number of apologists for industrial agriculture continue to attack organic food in the press as "unsafe."

To read OCA's position paper and other in-depth articles on the E.coli crisis go to OCA's daily news page.

Help spread the truth-- send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper in support of organics: