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In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic

Amarjit Sharma, a farmer in India's Punjab region, grows organic vegetables for his family of seven. Until four years ago, though, Sharma had embraced synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and modern, high-yield seeds — and been part of the the so-called Green Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.
Amarjit Sharma, a farmer in India's Punjab region, grows organic vegetables for his family of seven. Until four years ago, though, Sharma had embraced synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and modern, high-yield seeds — and been part of the the so-called Green Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.

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