Dave Smith > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> Only recently has human manure been used in the U.S., and then
>> only after lots of processing. I'm not sure if organic farmers
>> use it. It mostly goes on pasture.

>They use treated sewage around here. It is applied in farms and orchards.
>I came across an article a year or so ago about the risk of e-coli
>contamination in organic produce because some of the organic farmers use
>improperly composted manure.

Sounds like BS to me.

Seriously, I believe the contamination problems have been from
farms adjacent to the organic farms -- specifically pasture (which
is more likely to get the humanure) next to vegetable farms.

Steve