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read the excerpt from an article about organic gardening.
you may have noticed produce labeled as organic in the grocery store and wondered why it is displayed separately from the rest. organic refers to living things, like plants and animals. organic fruits and vegetables are grown differently than the majority of produce you find on shelves in the grocery store. they are produced without the use of synthetic, or artificial, fertilizers or pesticides. however, there is more to it than that. organic gardeners think of their plants as part of a whole system in nature. this includes the soil, the water supply, people, wildlife, and insects.
which audience is this article most likely written for?
people who are organic gardeners
people who eat organically grown produce
people who are unsure what organic produce is
produce managers in grocery stores

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.