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ArgusLeader.com

Growing organic food is all about not doing things, says Harriet Kattenberg, a certified organic farmer and owner of Seedtime and Harvest Inc. in Hull, Iowa.

Organic growers do not apply pesticides, fungicides, herbicides or chemical fertilizer, Kattenberg says.

It's a mindful treatment of the environment and food we eat, and it's an easy way to ensure the produce you and your family eat is safe, says Guy McPherson, professor emeritus of natural resources and ecology for the University of Arizona.

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