As Pop-Eye Would Say...

"Yukyukyukyukyuk!" (No, that's not "yuck.")

Farmer Stephen Pedersen, of Two Small Farms CSA (a partnership between Andrew Griffin's Mariquita Farm and High Ground Organics) made the news today in a great article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Read "Spinach sales going strong at one roadside stand in Watsonville":

Elissa Preston, a registered nurse at the Watsonville Community Hospital who recently moved to Santa Cruz from Sacramento, said she's sort of a "rebel" when it comes to the federal government warning her on what she should and should not do.

"If the government tells me to be scared, I'm going to try my best not to get scared," she said. "But that doesn't mean I won't use caution. The bottom line is many of us ingest E. coli on a regular basis. We just don't realize it. It's passed around constantly. As for this strain in this particular case, it seems to be affecting those who are either young, old or somebody who is immuno-compromised, so I'm not going to worry about it too much."

Heh. That, folks, is the essence of a typical Santa Cruz citizen: someone who can think for herself, someone who doesn't cry "the sky is falling," someone who doesn't buy into whatever the idiot/evil government is peddling as "truth" that week.

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That's all for now: I'm still slammed with work.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” — Martin Luther

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[Podchef]

It is the fantastic benefit of the small farm/farmer's market to be able to shift gears and adjust to market problems. Thank the Lord there are consumers who can make informed decisions and adjust too.

This article in Capital Press tells the tales of two spinach farms--one which is too large to adjust effectively and one which is doing fine.