**FILE** This summer, health officials across the DMV region are tracking an increase in cyclosporiasis cases, which have frequently been linked to contaminated fresh produce. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

Have your shopping, eating or food-handling habits changed as a result of the cyclospora outbreak?

Quest Skinner, Northwest D.C.
“I know my farmers. I know where I get my fruits and vegetables.”

Philip Keating, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
“There has been a huge uptick [in] local produce since this came out.”

Alexander, Westmoreland County, Virginia
“The risk is reduced [at farmers markets] because it doesn’t go through too many hands.”

Dana Boyle, Westmoreland County, Virginia
“I am trained and inspected for all kinds of food outbreaks under USDA.”

Joann, Westmoreland County, Virginia
“Anybody [customers] is at risk but we do what we can do to prevent it [cyclospora].”

Compiled by Evan Aldridge

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