Lesson No. 2
Pizza and
Pathogens
Farm-to-Fork Journey
Brought to you by the Auburn University Center for Detection and Food
Safety.
Tomato to Tomato Sauce
Farm
Factory
Grocer
y Store
Plate
What kind of
farms grow
tomatoes?
Tiny Farms
Family Farms
Really, Really Big Farms
MissioN impossible
#1 You are farmers, and you only grow
tomatoes
#2 Some of your plants have E.Coli
#3 You think it’s from a creek that flows from
your neighbor’s cow farm
#4 Your neighbor denies that it’s his problem
#5 You have a small budget to fix the
contamination problem
Get to work!