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.