Comments on: Source of Tainted Spinach Found

By: Bitsblog » Nightly Ramble:Breezin, The benefits of organics; Plame comitted Purjury, Animal “Rights” idiots and Heron poop

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:12:15 +0000

[...] The album, was my first serious exposure to modern jazz, And to a large degree, I suppose it explains my leanings toward what is today called ’smooth jazz’, because there isn’t a song on that album that wouldn’t fit on a smooth jazz outlet, today. It’s not exactly fair to say that Benson single-handedly changed jazz to match his style , but it would be unfair not to say that jazz of today doesn’t sound an awful lot like what he was doing them. I’m not sure how many disks Benson is turned out over the years, since “Breezin” came out, (I have twelve of them) nor frankly, do I know many albums he turned out well still working for Creed Taylor… (though I own two of those, as well) … but I must tell you that I’ve always regretted never seeing him live. * Steve Verdon over at OTB says they’ve located the cause of that tainted spinach scare, last winter…. It was an organic farm in San Benito County. The contamination occurred in a field transitioning from conventional to organic farming practices, she said. [...]

By: Dan Collins

Dan Collins — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:17:04 +0000

It was . . . BLUTO!

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:28:37 +0000

Mw6000,
I agree with you, animal waste, human waste, rotting animal flesh is not "Chemical Food." Throw it in the garden. I don't want pooh thrown on my food before it is gathered for human consumption.

By: mw6000

mw6000 — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:38:16 +0000

As more farms go organic, I suspect more e. coli breakouts will occur. Reason - more natural fertilizers that is the source of e. coli and NO pesticides that kill e. coli. Washing has no effect.

Conclusion - organic food is less safe than "Chemical food." Progress and science usually makes things faster, cheaper, better, and safer. Farming is no exception.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:48:53 +0000

According to the reports washing won't solve the problem: the infection is within the plant itself, taken in through ground water.

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:39:03 +0000

Bagged spinach is supposed to be ready to eat. And even washing the spinach might reduce the problem, but it probably would still have been a fairly large outbreak, IMO.

By: markm

markm — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:26:21 +0000

Not being all knowing about e-coli...almost all crops around me are grown in fields covered in cow manuer...how come there is now e-coli problems around here??.

Sounds like a lack of washing to me.

By: Fersboo

Fersboo — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:10:18 +0000

Organic food! Is there nothing it can't do?