It's The Cucumbers. It's the Tomatoes. It's the Lettuce. It's The Sprouts.

21 Dead in Germany:

The bacterium in question, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, or STEC, can cause severe enteric and systemic disease in humans, including hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, which can lead to kidney failure or death.

World Health Organization

E-coli is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.


Let us be clear about one thing. This and every other E. Coli outbreak has at its source bacteria produced by livestock, and spread by the excrement that has entered the water supply used in fruit and vegetable production and/or preparation.

We are poisoning our food at the expense of "growing" meat.

It's no coincidence that the most ethical way to eat is also the most practical.

For the sake of our food system. For the sake of our environment. For the sake of compassion to others... Won't you please explore Vegan options? 

1 Million Pound Beef Recall Yields 10,000 Vegan Recipes

One million pounds of beef to recall... One million pounds of beef...
You take one down the slaughterhouse mound...
999,999 pounds of beef to recall.

999,999 pounds of beef to recall...  999,999 pounds of beef...
You take one down the slaughterhouse mound...
999,998 pounds of beef to recall.

999,998 pounds...

Seven are ill...
The "fresh" beef was produced between early October 2009, and there is concerned that some product may still be frozen and in consumers’ freezers...




Here's 10,000 vegan recipes from former cattle rancher Howard Lyman - Thanks "Mad Cowboy!" 

Red Meat = Increased E-coli Risks

PARIS (AFP) — A steady diet of red meat makes the body more susceptible to a virulent form of intestinal bug that can cause bloody diarrhoea and even death, according to a study to be published on Thursday. Researchers in the United States and Australia said persistently eating red meat appears to prime the body for exposure to this potent form of Escherichia coli (E. coli). Most outbreaks have been traced to undercooked ground beef tainted with fecal matter post-slaughter. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hD4xw9vpC-tinE71PcFF02w2o1WQ My response is:

If people are dumb enough to eat meat what makes you think they are smart enough to know how to cook it?