Conference Highlights Organic Foods

"Despite Americans' continued primary reliance on a well-traveled, highly processed, fast-food diet, the organic/sustainable/local food movement has made great headway into the mainstream in recent years.

Thanks to best-selling books including Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation" and Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," as well as the award-winning documentaries "Super Size Me" and "Food, Inc.," along with efforts of renowned chefs such as Alice Waters and Jamie Oliver, we are beginning to reconnect with the origins of our food."

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