Prairie Fare: From garden to table - Keeping leafy greens safe

Prairie Fare: From garden to table - Keeping leafy greens safe

Prairie Fare: From garden to table - Keeping leafy greens safe

Past cyclosporiasis outbreaks have been associated with leafy greens, bagged salads, herbs and other vegetables. Pixabay photo

Past cyclosporiasis outbreaks have been associated with leafy greens, bagged salads, herbs and other vegetables. Pixabay photo

Prairie Fare: From garden to table - Keeping leafy greens safe

Prairie Fare: From garden to table - Keeping leafy greens safe

I was staring at the shredded lettuce on my plate in a Mexican restaurant the other evening.

My husband and I were sitting in nearly the same booth where we had our first date about 35 years ago. We had never gotten sick in this restaurant.

We all have been bombarded with news reports about cyclospora (“cyclo-SPORA”) in shredded lettuce. I was seriously thinking about the lettuce, so I pushed it asi…