....The prince and duchess are spending more than three days in California's Bay Area, as their weeklong U.S. tour shifts from the power centers of New York and Washington to remoter communities, and issues close to the prince's heart -- organic agriculture and sustainable food production.
The couple spent Saturday night at a luxurious rural lodge near Inverness, where officials said they enjoyed a "convivial" -- and organic -- dinner with leading figures from the food world, including winemaker Robert Mondavi and Eric Schlosser, the author of "Fast Food Nation," which assails the fast food industry.
On Saturday, the heir to the throne received a robust welcome in the staunchly environmentalist town of Point Reyes Station.
Several hundred people lined the tiny town's main street to greet the couple on a visit to an organic farmers' market. Some waved Union Jack and U.S. flags; others held signs protesting telephone masts and pesticides, placards declaring "War is not organic," and even a handwritten sign proclaiming "Charles for governor."
The prince is a firm supporter of environmentalist causes and runs an organic farm on his Highgrove estate in western England. He also has a multimillion dollar line of organic foods, Duchy Originals, whose profits go to charity.
The couple spent more than an hour touring Point Reyes' farmers' market, chatting with vendors and sampling some of the organic produce on offer....
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/06/royal.visit.ap/index.html(Note: We lived in the UK for a while, and those Duchy cookies -- biscuits, as they're called there -- are good, especially the crispy lemon ones!)