[USCC] Farmers required to stop using compost

[CAVM@aol.com]

Scott, this directive is the reason we have been asked to build a 120,000  
gallon per year fish ferment facility in the Central Valley. The Organic growers 
 who hired us to build this facility want to say that the are not using 
manure or  recycled water.  They will be using a lactic acid fish ferment  instead.
 
Neal Van Milligen
Kentucky Enrichment Inc
_www.kentuckyenrichment.com_ (http://www.kentuckyenrichment.com) 
_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com) 
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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) 


 



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