beckygardener said:
I like to grow leafy veggies like lettuce, kale, and spinach in the winter here in central Florida. I grow them in a typical raised dirt bed, not hydroponics. My question is:
How do you safely clean your edibles before eating them?
Really scary stuff happening in the commercial food industry...
If I have my information correct... I think the contamination occurs from the crops being exposed to water from contaminated sources after harvest & irrigation from contaminated wells.
There is so much contamination going on in the world today... from the factory farm discharge that ends up in the groundwater to the city sewage overflows...
Personally, I can't imagine that any of us home gardeners should have trouble... although... I've seen articles that say otherwise...
I just did a search of contamination and the home garden...
The suggestions included knowing where the irrigation water came from, not using fresh poop in the garden, not being located near a factory farm where the nasties could blow across the garden from next door...
Washing hands before handling produce... rinsing with safe water...
Common sense recommendations, really.
