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Sterile Spinach, Scorched Earth: —Jane Morba

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In the push to eliminate E. coli risk, produce handlers are forcing local farmers to unravel conservation practices.

Most people don’t think of clean food and a healthy environment as zero-sum goals. Yet, worsened water quality and lost wildlife habitat are unintended consequences of new farming measures designed to keep pathogens out of ...

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