In 1976, Earth Day was just six years old; the terms “carbon footprint” and “GMO” had yet to enter the American lexicon; and one of the few people talking about alternative energy was a peanut farmer and presidential candidate named Jimmy Carter. To Michael Funk, a tie-dye-wearing, pony-tailed 21-year-old, “environmentalism” was mostly about keeping pesticides out of the environment. To support that goal, Funk began driving fresh, organic produce from farms to stores in Sacramento, California, using his own 16-foot truck and doing business out of his garage. “I was really more an environmentalist than a health food...
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