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Strategic organic is therefore about prioritising which items need to be organic, and which non-organic

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms: organic matter.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ: an organic disease.
  3. adjective Of, marked by, or involving the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin: organic vegetables; an organic farm.
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  • To counteract what he called the organic arrogance of his customers (who chewed sprouts and gargled a new product called soy milk), he'd buy himself a package of trusty Mallomars, Little Debbies, Yankee Doodles, or Oreos -- some familiar oral outrage to remind him of his humanity. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
  • Several of the village's 60 families separate their organic waste (like kitchen scraps and garden clippings) from their non-organic waste, according to Sweid's instructions. —  English-writing Israeli-bloggers
  • Oops and yes, fb and organic are my 2 main and only sources of traffic. —  Digital Point Forums
  • Types of fertilizers include organic, semi-organic, fast release, slow release, winterizer and low salt. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • And being organic, they seem to be the pinnacle of environmentally friendly engineering. —  ChannelWeb Complete Feed
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  1. = French organique = Spanish orgánico = Portuguese Italian organico (cf. D. G. organisch = Danish Swedish organisk), from Latin organicus, from Greek ὀργανικός, of or pertaining to organs, serving as organs, from ὄργανον, an organ: see organ.
 

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