Whats Happen At Country Taste Farm
Organic practices help reduce Chemicals residue, We are doing Much more for food Safety:
Organic practices help reduce Chemicals residue, We are doing Much more for food Safety:
Starting Our New Year 2019, not New Year resolutions, But a list of what we do for “Food Safety” Week #2 Plant Health
Each week for the next 7 weeks we shall address
how Country Taste Farm address “Food Safety”
1. Soil Health
2. Plant Health
3. Employee Training
4. Harvest
5. Produce Sanitation
6. Packaging
7. Delivery to end user
Early Season Tomatoes Grown in High Tunnel |
Week #2 Plant Health
Can
Plant disease make people sick? In most cases, the answer is no. The fungi,
bacteria, viruses, and nematodes that cause disease in plants are very
different from those that cause disease in humans and other animals. Eating or
touching an infected plant would not infect us with the same
pathogen that is making the plant sick.
However, produce from sick plants often has a
flavor or texture very different from healthy produce, so eating it may not be
desirable anyway, it may be best to avoid diseased produce. Unless the disease
is merely a superficial spot (such as sooty blotch and flyspeck on an apple).
In general, pathogens that infect plants cannot infect
people. You are not likely to catch a disease from working with diseased plants
in your garden. Garden produce from a sick plant is generally safe to eat,
although it may not be desirable. Avoid eating moldy or rotten produce, though,
as some fungi and bacteria can produce toxic compounds.
Country Taste Farm uses OMRI (Organic Materials Review
Institute) Listed Products for Disease control not always completely effective
but organic products are safer for Humans.
"Know Your Farmer Know Your Food"