[USCC] Farmers required to stop using compost...

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How can such a global company make a business decision without properly 
researching the subject? A recent article (below) shows we have a lot of education 
to left to do. 
 
LOS ANGELES — Trying to prevent more E. coli outbreaks and regain consumer 
confidence, some produce distributors are pressuring farmers to abandon 
practices that have long been considered environmentally friendly.  
Fresh Express, the nation's No. 1 maker of packaged salads, is refusing to 
buy lettuce and spinach from farmers who don't stop using compost and recycled 
water.  
"If there's a risk there, we don't want to take it," said Jim Lugg, food 
safety director of Fresh Express, a division of Chiquita Brands LLC.
Click on the link below to read the entire article.
 
_http://www.lcsun-news.com/business/ci_5479637_ 
(http://www.lcsun-news.com/business/ci_5479637) 
 
 
Scott Plett, Manager
Davenport Compost Facility
PO Box 3606 
Daveport, Iowa 52808
P (563)888-2100
F (563)328-7227
 



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