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Multistate Outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce
- teslabox 9y agoAbout 90% of the United States' supply of lettuce in the winter comes from Yuma, Arizona [0]. I think it more appropriate for most people to eat seasonally-appropriate vegetables during the winter months, than to get a little lettuce from thousands of miles away. Winter squash, carrots, apples, and many other food products store very well in root cellars [1]. [0] http://www.visityuma.com/agritourism.html http://www.visityuma.com/agritourism.html [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cellar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cellar
- craftyguy 9y agoHow many people have root cellars? I'd guess it's a pretty small number of residences (e.g. definitely not folks in apartments).
- teslabox 9y agoRoot cellars can be built anywhere food is grown. The Wikipedia page has pictures of very large buildings. My point is that it's more efficient to eat locally-stored produce than to ship lettuce from Yuma to Maine in the winter.
- brandon272 9y agoHow does this happen at wide spread scale? I understand that situations occur where birds could track in disease by landing in growing areas but it seems like a more substantial contamination to cause this many infections.