Photo: #Organic vegetables from Goodness Greeness are displayed at the FamilyFarmed.org EXPO March 10, 2006 at the Chicago Cultural Center in downtown Chicago, Ill.
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Organic vegetables from Goodness Greeness are displayed at the FamilyFarmed.org EXPO March 10, 2006 at the Chicago Cultural Center in downtown Chicago, Ill. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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