08/12/2026
Please!!
Now America is watching lettuce and jalapeños disappear under recalls while one contaminated ingredient spreads into salads, wraps, sandwiches, meal kits and restaurant food across numerous states.
The recalled iceberg lettuce from Mexico was linked to Cyclospora—a parasite spread when food or water becomes contaminated with human f***s. That does not prove the farm intentionally used human waste or biosolids. Contamination could have entered through irrigation water, sewage runoff, poor sanitation, workers or processing equipment. The investigation has not established the exact route.
The recalled jalapeños were linked to possible Salmonella contamination. Salmonella can come from people, livestock, wildlife, manure, water or equipment. Again, there is currently no proof that biosolids caused it.
But the lesson is undeniable: most people have no idea who grew their food, what was placed in the soil, where the water came from or how many hands and processing facilities touched it.
Then there is the separate but very real biosolids issue.
Treated human sewage sludge—renamed “biosolids”—can legally be applied to American farmland. The EPA now acknowledges that some biosolids may contain PFAS “forever chemicals” and that contaminated applications can potentially affect soil, water, cattle, milk, eggs and crops.
I personally know cattle farmers here in White County, Arkansas, who have applied these products to their fields. That does not prove their land or cattle are contaminated; only proper testing can answer that.
Do not condemn those farmers.
They trusted a legally permitted system and believed what they were told. If contamination is ever discovered, they may be victims too—facing questions about their land, water, livestock and everything their families built.
Our Father already gave us a sanitation principle in Deuteronomy 23:12–14: take human waste outside the camp, bury it and cover it. That passage does not specifically discuss modern wastewater treatment, but it clearly teaches separation, containment, cleanliness and protection of the community.
Perhaps our Father understood something man keeps learning the hard way.
Support farmers who answer your questions honestly. Support farms that have never used biosolids. Grow what you can. Know the soil, water, fertilizer and hands behind your food.
A homestead is not immune to contamination—but a short, transparent food chain gives families knowledge, responsibility and control.
We keep trusting man’s assurances, then acting surprised by the consequences.
Our Father knew better then.
Our Father knows better now.
Know your farmer. Know your soil. Trust your Father.
Carter making Bamboo cups. 😆
