• Jason2357
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      27 days ago

      The e.coli comes from the poop. Natural manure spread on the fields as fertilizer. Organic doesn’t avoid that at all.

      • Ton@lemmy.world
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        22 days ago

        An organic farmer would be wiser than to spread fresh manure over their fields. Manure needs to ripen for at least 6 months to a year. So yeah, buy organic.

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          21 days ago

          Organic farming is big business now, and so everything can happen.

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        27 days ago

        Local farm rather than giant farm industry is typically more care since its their livelyhood.