Barack Obama Discusses The Dangers Of Modern Factory Agriculture (1)
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Granted I was only born during Reagan’s presidency, but it’s hard for me to recall hearing a president discuss modern agriculture (see also: factory farming) in any sort of productive way. President Elect Barack Obama recently chatted with New York Times contributer Joe Klein about food policy and the dangers of our current system. Obama said: “I was just reading an article in The New York Times by Michael Pollan about food and the fact ...
Obama putting politics above Pollan? (1)
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Obama is considering appointing Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his Ag secretary. So much for change foodies can believe in. If this Big Corn appointment goes through, you'll know that Obama's remark about how he'd read Michael Pollan's great "Open...
Two consoling things about an Obama win (1)
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1. Obama's reading Michael Pollan, and taking him seriously. Excerpt from O's Joe Klein interview: I was just reading an article in the New York Times by Michael Pollan about food and the fact that our entire agricultural system is...
Pollan and Obama: The Next Secretary Of Agriculture? (1)
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Michael Pollan wrote a longish essay for the New York Times on proposed food policy to the incoming Farmer-in-Chief (whoever it may turn out to be), that outlines near-term actions that should be taken to start to reorganize the food economy to make us healthier and less dependent on large energy inputs for our agriculture. His weighty piece has been nicely summarized by Michael Ruhlman: [from ruhlman.com: Pollan's Proposals] Here’s a quick list for those ...
An Open Letter to the Farmer in Chief (1)
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I haven't even finished wading through the whole thing yet but Michael Pollan's centerpiece essay to the NYT Magazine's Food Issue out this weekend is already too good not to pass on. No one gathers in seemingly disparate chords and ties them into beautiful intelligible little bows on complicated food related issues like Pollan and this essay doesn't disappoint. I'll try to post a few excerpts later on but seriously, its worth your time. In ...
