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Is homegrown food safer?

Home gardening is getting a boost in part from fears of foodborne illness. Experts say what is, or is not, safer when it comes to home grown.

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Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.