Unseen Guests: Listeria, E. coli, and the Summer Parasite on Our Produce
That perfect strawberry can't tell you if it's safe 🍓
This week on Old Ways, New Days, we sit with the unseen guests that ride home on our produce — Listeria, E. coli, and the summer parasite making its rounds across the US right now: Cyclospora.
In this episode:
🔬 Why "clean" and "safe" are not the same thing
🚪 The five doorways of contamination
🦠 Meet the guests — and why Listeria loves your fridge
🌀 Cyclospora: the parasite you can't wash off, why it takes a week to start and weeks to finish, and the good news that it's treatable.
Old rituals, made new — kitchen and homestead prevention…
The skinny
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