this post was submitted on 13 Oct 2025
664 points (98.1% liked)
memes
17788 readers
2263 users here now
Community rules
1. Be civil
No trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour
2. No politics
This is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world
3. No recent reposts
Check for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month
4. No bots
No bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins
5. No Spam/Ads/AI Slop
No advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.
A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment
Sister communities
- !tenforward@lemmy.world : Star Trek memes, chat and shitposts
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world : Lemmy Shitposts, anything and everything goes.
- !linuxmemes@lemmy.world : Linux themed memes
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world : for those who love comic stories.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Here's an FDA report on a Romain lettuce E. coli outbreak that resulted in 5 deaths. There's a couple of ways E. coli can get from cow intestines to lettuce: cow manure gets into irrigation canals/streams, and a downstream farm uses that to water their crops; manure used for fertilizer is not properly treated; cows get into farm fields that they shouldn't be in. Lettuce is particularly susceptible because it is often eaten raw.
Ah! Makes sense. Your reasoning makes far more sense in the former rather than the latter examples. :) Yes, I'm sure livestock gets into vegetable fields now and again, but farmers and ranchers are mostly two different professions.
also, if you live in the right zones lettuce growing season is coming up. homegrown lettuce is ridiculously better than store bought