Natural Selection Foods: Organic spinach not to blame Contrary
to claims of those sympathetic to chemical-intensive farming,
all cases of this most recent outbreak of E. coli have been
traced back to packages of non-organic spinach, according to
Natural Selection Foods—the manufacturer, which produces both
conventional and organic spinach. But this current outbreak
brings to light a possibility that is all too easily capitalized
on by big agribusiness and its PR people, front groups, etc.
What if the E. coli poisonings had been traced back to organic
spinach? Would that prove that organic produce is more
susceptible to deadly strains of viruses? The answer is no, but
the negative buzz just from that suggestion does plenty of
damage to the organic movement and to consumers who are misled
by such claims. The most popular junk theories are derivative
versions of the following: ”Organic farmers rely more heavily on
natural manure products, so their crops are more likely to carry
deadly strains of E. coli.” Not so