Fresher and smellier
June 26, 2010 by green team
Filed under Food, Green Reporter
Would you like some poo with your garlic? If not, ask where it comes from. And if you don’t like it, grow your own.
Bell also calls into question some growing practices in China. “I know for a fact that some garlic growers over there use raw human sewage to fertilise their crops, and I dont believe the Australian quarantine regulations are strict enough in terms of bacteria testing on imported produce,” he says. “I also challenge the effectiveness of the Chinese methyl bromide fumigation processes.”
Read more at theage.com.au.
