Quote Originally Posted by mwfanelli
The spinach problem could not be washed away by any means. The bacteria was in the polluted water used on the plants, it was absorbed by the spinach, not just spread on top. Also, I forget where, but there was a report on organic foods showing that a lot of it was worse off than the mass-produced stuff.

It used to be a joke that farmers sell the crap they'd never eat to the public, saving the good stuff (and much more expensive to produce) for their own families.

That's why I don't eat spinich. At all, ever. Ick.

We garden as well. Our neighbor keeps offering to come over and spray our garden so we don't have so many weeds, but my kids are in there eating things right off the plant, so no thank you.