During my first year at Norland Senior High I embraced the natural health food movement and had an organic garden in my back yard. I ordered lady bugs to control the aphids on my tomatoes, used organic compost I made myself and enjoyed the taste of freshly grown organic produce. Because of my participation in athletics I was taking vitamins and minerals and protein powder to help make myself a better competitor in sports. The health food movement was just beginning in those days and some people would call me a health food nut. As the counter culture movement continued to grow in our area of the world, health foods, organic produce, raw juices, macrobiotics, fasting and other health conscious modalities were a part of that growing new age awareness.