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> Having it grown in a pile of manure may make it harder to keep from being contaminated

I hope you don't buy organic vegetables because have I got some news for you... Between copious amounts of manure and liquified fish as fertilizer, you could always tell by the smell which farmers were looking to cash in on organic produce.

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> Between copious amounts of manure and liquified fish as fertilizer, you could always tell by the smell which farmers were looking to cash in on organic produce.

Why would anyone fertilize their crops right before harvesting them for sale? This makes literally zero sense, as it would just be throwing away money. It's like the urban legends about people lacing marijuana with 100% pure cocaine or whatever.

> Why would anyone fertilize their crops right before harvesting them for sale?

That was neither said or implied.

Fish fertilizer and manure-based fertilizer only smell for a day or two, so it very much is implied.

It wasn't implied. Instead you are wrongly inferring. Now imagine you live in the area and drive by the farms. You could always tell by the smell which farmers were trying to cash in on organic crops.

Some ecoli outbreaks are caused by human feces on the crops due to poor working conditions on the farms.

https://time.com/3974244/cilantro-feces/

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