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Specifically it was the rotting of daikon radishes, a Japanese root vegetable. There was a much more unlikely source of a funky smell: radishes. ... It’s very organic,” he said.

Organic radishes at the Pacifica Farmers Market in Pacifica, Calif. (March 16, 2011). Credit: AP ...