[/floatl]Boston.com: Natural phenomenon
..."The atomic bomb made disaster of Hiroshima," says the 82-year-old [Michio] Kushi today, sitting at an enormous carved-oak antique table in his comfortable Brookline dining room. "Three hundred thousand people in a moment, annihilated. I was so impressed. I said, no more war." It was then that Kushi decided he must change the world. And he has - or at least large swaths of the cultural landscape in the United States. With his first wife, Aveline, Kushi introduced the macrobiotic and natural-foods movement to this country nearly five decades ago...Along the way he picked up acolytes and influenced the widespread adoption in this country of Japanese practices, including shiatsu, aikido, and sleeping on futons, and planted the seeds for the organic-foods movement..."Back in the '60s and '70s," says Ott, "Kushi was one of the key figures of the counterculture. Everyone knew who he was and came to see him and study with him and eat his food. A lot of historical streams that have now become common knowledge - eating tofu, health-food stores, eating locally - can be traced back to Michio and Aveline"...more...
