We have been pursuing an active personal and professional interest in the organic industry for over a decade–long before green was more than just a color and back when organic appealed primarily to hippy-types. When we started attending the Natural Product Tradeshows, Expo East and Expo West, for the most part, exhibitors fit the “crunchy” stereotype of wearing Birkenstocks, having long hair, and rolling granola (yes, granola!) in their booths. There was a lot of education needed to get the term organic into the mainstream.