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Produce from Michigan farm using untreated human waste declared public health risk - mlive.com
State health officials are advising people not to eat produce from Kuntry Gardens, sold at grocery stores and at the farm, due to the Homer, MI farm’s use of raw, untreated human waste as fertilizer. …
… “We received word today that one of the farms we were buying produce from has contaminated fields,“ Ann Arbor’s White Lotus Farms wrote on social media. “We will no longer be doing business with them but want to let you know about this immediately. If you purchased zucchini, summer squash, tomatoes or green peppers recently, please throw them out and ask for a refund on your next visit.”
Although it may have been sold at other locations, Kuntry Gardens produce is known to have been sold at:
- Kuntry Gardens, 29910 R Drive South, Homer
- Busch’s Fresh Food Market stores in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Clinton, Dexter, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Novi, Pinckney, Plymouth-Northville, Rochester Hills, Saline, South Lyon, Tecumseh, and West Bloomfield
- Simply Fresh Market, 7300 Grand River Road, Brighton
- White Lotus, 7217 W. Liberty Road, Ann Arbor
- Argus Farm Stop, 325 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor
- Agricole Farm Stop, 118 N. Main St., Chelsea
- Pure Pastures, 1192 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth
- Ypsi Co-op, 312 North River St., Ypsilanti
- Greener Pastures Market, 21202 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon
- Holiday Market, 520 S Lilley Road, Canton
- Cherry Capitol, Traverse City
Human waste can carry diseases such as hepatitis A, Clostridium difficile, E coli, rotavirus and norovirus. While no illnesses have been reported yet, MDARD officials are urging anyone experiencing symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice (yellowing of the skin/eyes), fever, abdominal cramps, loss of appetite, weakness, headache, or other symptoms of foodborne illness to seek medical care.
MDARD issued an advisory to consumers over concerns that Kuntry Gardens products and produce distributed from Homer, MI, may be contaminated with “raw, untreated human waste.” …
… Kathy Sample, owner of Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor, said she knows the farmer at Kuntry Gardens and has spoken to him about the situation.
“He’s appropriately affected by this, believe me,” said Sample, who added that the farmer has indicated that raw human waste was not being dumped onto the fields where he grows food for the public.
The farmer, who is Amish, reportedly said the waste from his family’s outhouses was dumped into a separate field but that the equipment used to till that soil was also used in the field where food is grown to be sold.
“It wasn’t the practice of taking that product and using it as fertilizer for the fields,” Sample said. “It was machinery cross-contaminating.” …
… “He’s got to figure out what to do with his livelihood for the rest of the year. And then, hopefully, the consumer will understand that this was an isolated incident, that it’s been corrected, and I’m confident that he’ll correct it.” …
Via mlive:
Although it may have been sold at other locations, Kuntry Gardens produce is known to have been sold at:
- Kuntry Gardens, 29910 R Drive South, Homer
- Busch’s Fresh Food Market stores in Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Clinton, Dexter, Farmington Hills, Livonia, Novi, Pinckney, Plymouth-Northville, Rochester Hills, Saline, South Lyon, Tecumseh, and West Bloomfield
- Simply Fresh Market, 7300 Grand River Road, Brighton
- White Lotus, 7217 W. Liberty Road, Ann Arbor
- Argus Farm Stop, 325 W. Liberty St., Ann Arbor
- Agricole Farm Stop, 118 N. Main St., Chelsea
- Pure Pastures, 1192 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth
- Ypsi Co-op, 312 North River St., Ypsilanti
- Greener Pastures Market, 21202 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon
- Holiday Market, 520 S Lilley Road, Canton
- Cherry Capitol, Traverse City
Zakutu
Zakutu (l. c. 728 - c. 668 BCE) was the Akkadian name of Naqi’a, a secondary wife of Sennacherib of Assyria (r. 705-681 BCE). Though she was not Sennacherib’s queen, she bore him a son, Esarhaddon, who would succeed him. She may have ruled briefly as queen after Esarhaddon’s death and was grandmother to his successor, Ashurbanipal.
She is best known for the Zakutu Treaty which ensured a smooth transition of power after Esarhaddon (r. 681-669 BCE) died unexpectedly on campaign in Egypt. Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE) was able to assume the throne without challenge due primarily to his father’s careful planning and the claim that Zakutu was responsible for Ashurbanipal’s rise to power has been discredited. Her treaty only ensured that Esarhaddon’s wishes were honored by the court and nobility.
