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By CAROL HAZARD Sandy Fisher, tall, lanky and unfazed by head-to-toe dirt and biodiesel fuel, plopped into a leather chair to talk about organic farming. A giant composting machine had conked out again.

By Carol Hazard, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Aug. 5--Sandy Fisher, tall, lanky and unfazed by head-to-toe dirt and biodiesel fuel, plopped into a leather chair to talk about organic farming. A giant composting machine had conked out again.

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