Spinach Growers Regroup After Scare

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SAN FRANCISCO - Relieved farmers say they are heartened by the government's announcement that it's safe to eat most spinach, but they feel uneasy about their industry's future, knowing it may take time to win back public confidence.

During the two-week warning about E. coli in fresh spinach, growers said they re-examined the safety of their operations, anguished over the suffering of the 187 people sickened and one who died, and weathered significant losses as they watched crops go to waste.

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Spinach Growers Regroup After Scare

"Everybody's just trying to regroup," said Teresa Thorne, with industry group Alliance for Food and Farming.

It's too early to tell how hard the industry was ...

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