But "Pi's" bargain-basement metaphysics is like organic fruit salad to the collective Hollywood mindset, irrespective of ideology.

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Yet it is home to a roadside stand serving organic fruit and vegetables, a health-food shop packed with nutritious grains and a superstore that University of Washington researchers found attracts flocks of shoppers from well outside the desert.

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Farmers might produce homemade cassoulet or jam, organic produce and fruit, wine, or cheese.

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Organic herb farmer Jekka McVicar, who sits on the Royal Horticultural Society's fruit, veg and herb committee, highlights the fact that the herb is seasonal.

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