Local Veggies

Worried about pesticide residues on your food? Well pesticide residues aren’t the major cause of food borne illness. Contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria and other organiss is probably more common. Many of these incidents go unreported making it hard to estimate the extent of food related illness. Cases of foodborne illness turn up fairly often with cantaloupe being the most recent.

If you are concerned with food born illness, are still worried about pesticide residues on food, or just like fresh veggies. Buy local! Local foods have been a hot topic lately and are catching on, even in my home state. This is probably due in part to the latest books by Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.