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Re:Taylor Farms: How One Company's Reach Became a National Risk by tw04 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:35PM (#49457368)
> but if you think the people selling lettuce at farmers markets or farm stands have any verified food safety or food handling expertise, they don't.

I don’t think they have the oversight corporate farmers do. But I also don’t think they put immigrants into the field for 12 hour days with no breaks and no bathroom.

There’s something to be said for a farmer who doesn’t pass explosive diarrhea onto the crops he sells me as food….

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Re:Taylor Farms: How One Company's Reach Became a National Risk by Fomite on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:45PM (#49457449)
Sarah Taber has given some interesting talks about this - the short version is there is probably a fair amount of outbreaks caused by small farms, they just don't have the reach to be detected.
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