Garden vegetables and herbs
Victoria Binning
Victoria Binning
Agriculture Program Coordinator
Brooke Edmunds
Brooke Edmunds
Community Horticulture, Master Gardeners
Jessica Green
Jessica Green
Senior Research Assistant
Lucas Nebert
Lucas Nebert
Postdoctoral Fellow
Elizabeth Records
Elizabeth Records
Education Program Assistant, Master Gardener volunteer coordinator
Sara Runkel
Sara Runkel
Horticulture & Small Farms
Michelle Sager
Michelle Sager
Community Horticulture Education Program Coordinator, Forestry & Natural Resources Education Program Coordinator
Alexandra Stone
Alexandra Stone
Vegetables
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Is a dog latrine a bad place to grow vegetables?
Feb 2019
I'm very concerned about the health hazards of eating food grown in the beds where a dog has pooped. At this point, I could build a fence around the whole garden to stop any further damage, but I'm wondering about the existing and persistent harm of bacteria or worms that may now be in the soil. My house mate's dog did her duty in multiple beds throughout the ...