Food safety is a major concern for growers and consumers. That is why I shared with you about www.safetables.org. If you've ever had food-poisoning, you'll appreciate there is discussion going on in the world about ways to keep food safe. On this ListServe, I've read comments about the safety of organic farming, for example. I think we all agree we want to eat healthy food, but we also want it to be safe.
Having said that, I'm unclear what else you want me to say. I don't understand your question regarding specifics. Greta -----Original Message----- From: Diann Dirks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:35 PM To: Greta Lint; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Community_garden] must haves for an organic garden? Mind telling us the specifics? Otherwise this just comes across as 'What?" Thanks, Di ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greta Lint" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [Community_garden] must haves for an organic garden? > > > There's a lot of concern about food safety - where it's from and how it's > handled. We hear a lot about cross-contamination and bad processing, but > take lettuce, for example. In North Carolina, health department officials > have told me they have debated for years about whether or not to > categorize > lettuce as a "dangerous" food. It can kill you. It almost put my own > mother > six feet under. > > > > I strongly encourage you, whether you've been sick or not, to visit > www.safetables.org. The Chicago-based organization, Safe Tables Our > Priority, is the premier resource for helping food-borne illness victims. > > > > In North Carolina, some farmers market vendors have asked for a > certification process whereby they would receive training on food safety. > As > long as you're considering rules and regs regarding organically grown > food, > please consider instituting food safety classes. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Greta Lint - [email protected] - Asheboro, NC > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Elizabeth Leipold > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Community_garden] must haves for an organic garden? > > > > i forgot to metion that we are going to be selling at the local farmer's > > market. preference is given to organic growers. > > > > thanks > > > > -- > > Elizabeth Leipold > > Mindful Practices > > mindfulpracticesyoga.com > > [email protected] > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga > rden.org/attachments/20090226/5b314279/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu > nitygarden.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20090226/eb874fc7/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org > _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
