Feed your Home-Grown Produce a Vegetarian
Diet
As you grow your own organic vegetables, fruit and
herbs this season, you may want to rethink your fertilizing
methods. We all know that to get the best harvest plants need
quality organic feedings throughout the summer, however, just
because you are using organics doesn't mean you're using the
healthiest plant foods.
Remember the 2006 recalls of organically grown spinach?
"Food safety is not an organic versus conventional issue,"
says Shelly Diaz, spokesperson for the Center of Disease
Control. Organic farmers using animal manure as a fertilizer
method need to be careful of harmful bacteria such as E.coli.
This strain of bacteria is found in the lower intestines of
all warm- blooded animals and the O157:H7 strain that causes
the most cases of food poisoning in the U.S. comes from cow
manure that comes in contact with groundwater used on crops
such as spinach.
Though E.coli receives more publicity because of its
severity, the CDC reports more cases of salmonella than other
type of bacterial illnesses in 2005. Salmonella bacteria also
live in animal waste.
The Happy Gardener's exclusive line of Happy
Naturals organic plant foods and soil conditioners do not
contain any animal by-products. We use certified organic
vegetable and grain based ingredients in all of our garden and
lawn care products to ensure the safest and healthiest produce
for you and your family.
photo courtesy of
Burningwell.org
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