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Cancer blow that led farmer to go organic

Organic farmer Karen Misoy. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

When Karen Misoy, a farmer from Uasin Gishu County lost her best friend to cancer four years ago, the pain of the loss spurred her to change her life. She embraced organic farming and stopped consuming food grown using chemicals in a bid to stay healthy. Ms Misoy says there is research that shows eating foods grown with too much pesticides can contribute to the development of cancer in humans.

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