SEMPLE & COOPER, LLP                                                    BDO
Certified Public Accountants and Consultants                            SEIDMAN
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              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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As independent certified public accountants,  we hereby consent to the inclusion
by reference of our report dated September 24, 1997, on the financial statements
of  Organic  Food  Products,  Inc.  for the year  ended  June 30,  1997,  in the
Company's Form S-8 Registration Statement.


/s/  Semple & Cooper, LLP
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Semple & Cooper, LLP

Phoenix, Arizona
August 21, 1998



                 INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF THE BDO SEIDMAN ALLIANCE