Authorities for the first time said they had isolated the deadly E. coli strain on Paicines Ranch in San Benito County near a field the ranch leased to Mission Organics, a spinach grower.
They found E. coli “indistinguishable from the outbreak strain” in river water, cattle feces, and wild pig feces on the ranch within a mile a from the spinach fields…
Organic food is not necessarily more dangerous than plain food, but this is nevertheless a timely reminder of the productivity and safety benefits of technology.
David is attempting to link bad farm management with organics. Pehaps he’s just using this outbreak to express his dislike or political opposition to organic production in general.