Is anything safe? If I buy it locally, or from my farmer’s
market or CSA, will it be safe? Can foods from my own garden be
a danger? Rocky Ford cantaloupe were grown locally, Colorado
Proud and 375 miles away. Deaths and numbers sick continue to
increase. Could this have happened if the foods had been grown
here in our southwest Colorado? Could it have happened on an
organic or grass fed farm? You bet — for any items listed above.
One in six of us will experience some level of food poisoning
annually. Sometimes we are violently ill and sometimes hardly
even notice it. Potentially fatal bacteria such as Listeria,
Salmonella, E. coli and Norwalk are found in our water and
soils, as well as our digestive system and our animals’
intestines. Over the course of evolution, harmless bacteria
mutate as part of their life’s evolution. If those mutations are
not removed or are transferred to another host agent and then
ingested, toxins make people sick. Sickness can vary person to
person (with same amount ingested, same