Organic can be applied to food or food products, fertilizers, chemistry and biology.
In relation to desert gardening, organic means food or food products, or fertilizers used to grow them that are free from artificially manufactured agricultural chemicals. In many areas, there are regulatory bodies which certify a product as organic.
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