Op-ed: Worried About an Outbreak? Try a Shorter Food Supply Chain.
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As food-borne illnesses like cyclospora spread through the US, lettuce from your local farmer is less likely to get you sick.

Week after week, our vegetables, fruit, and flowers overflow three tables, and our sign proudly announces, “We Grow What We Sell.” This assures our customers that we are 100 percent accountable for the organic and soil-building practices that yield our ripe heirloom tomatoes, sweet melons, and everything else displayed at our stand. Thousands of people […]

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