Was "organic" food talked about in the 90s?
I watched the movie Spencer last night and it is about Princess Diana of the UK. There is a chef listing off parts of a menu and he often refers to "organic" food such as organic carrots etc. This took me by surprise as I don't recall hearing much about "organic" food in the 90s. This seems like more of a recent trend.
Was "organic" food talked about often in the 90s? Was this representation in the film seemingly realistic?
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Yes, but you typically had to go to specialty stores to buy it. The US’s Organic Food Production Act was passed in 1990, and the topic was discussed well before that, as it was an attempt to standardize regulations that varied by state (although not all states had such regulations)
See https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/8889458
Before larger grocery chains carried organic food, you would have to go to a ‘health food store’, a co-op, or specialty grocery store such as Wild Oats (since bought out by While Foods after some possible stock manipulation)
You could also get organic food via mail-order. MOM’s Organic Market started out that way.
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