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Like most great ideas I have, the one for this post came from Oprah. More specifically, from the Oprah Show I watched yesterday in which she highlighted the documentary "Food, Inc.," Michael Pollan and his new book Food Rules, Alicia Silverstone and her new book The Kind Diet, and Chipotle founder Steve Ells. Each had slightly different takes on what a sustainable, kind, healthy, and conscious diet looks like, but they all stressed that final point. It is CONSCIOUS.

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