No chemical fertilizers are used, just organic fertilizer sent straight from the gardens at Castel Gandolfo.

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Despite the giant gap in the public mind between organic farming, which bans artificial pesticides and fertilizers, and gene modification, the couple was never exactly star-crossed.

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Aside from organic sulfur and copper mixes, they use no chemical sprays, no artificial fertilizers or pesticides.

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