Yahoo news reports 365 people are sick from a rare strain of E. Coli called enterohaemorrhagic E.coli, which seems to stem from raw cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce in Germany.

People from Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K. have been affected. Interesting, it’s been mostly adults – and women – who have taken the brunt of the impact, which is unusual in these cases, as it often occurs in children and older adults.

Where is this crazy strain of bacteria coming from and why did it spread so fast? Well, many of the commentors on the article believe it has to do with unsafe farming practices, including “highly congested, thousands of cattle, crammed into pens, walking in their own feces, and being fed GMO corn, laced with antibiotics (cattle are suppose to eat grass),” according to Mike.

I’m impressed with how many of the people get that eating local – which often equals naturally safer farming practices – is the main way to control these types of diseases. Antibiotics won’t be able to fight these strains.

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