It's easy to forget about food safety when it comes to garden produce, because growing your own food is considered healthy. Dr. Angela Shaw, an assistant professor of food safety at Iowa State University, says cognizance is key when it comes to food safety in home gardens.
"The first thing is to consider where you place your garden. Thinking about soil: what was previously there? Was there heavy metal? What was your house grown on? We have a lot of swampland as well as chemical landfills that are now communities."
On this hour of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe speaks with Shaw. Richard Jauron, Iowa State University Extension Horticulturist, also joins the conversation.
