Co-owner of Knoll Farms
Co-owner of Knoll Farms, a 10-acre farm in Brentwood, California, about 60 miles east of San Francisco, which grows herbs, fruits, and vegetables, including leafy greens
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Kristie Knoll
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FROM Kristie Knoll
To the Point
Are America's Vegetables as Safe as They Should Be? The latest count in the E.coli outbreak is one dead and 146 suffering from cramps, diarrhea and kidney trouble. The "smoking gun" is a bag of contaminated spinach found in the refrigerator of a sick patient in New Mexico. It came from somewhere in California's Salinas Valley, where three-quarters of America's spinach and lettuce are grown.…
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