On AlterNet: michael pollan
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "michael pollan"
Sarah Newman, Takepart. November 16, 2009.
Kids are obsessed with self-expression. So why are their food choices so monotonous?
Tara Lohan, AlterNet: PEEK. November 11, 2009.
It's nice to hear someone other than Michael Pollan driving that point home.
AlterNetNovember 9, 2009.
Pollan took on Big Ag and cheap food in a panel discussion, after the protests of a meat industry chairman led to his speech at a University being canceled.
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan's message of sustainable, healthy eating.
Michael Pollan, The New York Times. September 14, 2009.
Look out fast food; when insurance companies can't dump the sick, they will have to strongly support healthy diets, or lose money.
Michael Pollan, The Nation. September 10, 2009.
Wendell Berry's now-famous formulation, "eating is an agricultural act" -- is perhaps his signal contribution to the rethinking of food and farming under way today.
Will Allen, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 6, 2009.
Here's the history behind the transition from farm to feedlot and why Big Pharma rules the barn.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.
The new film Food Inc. is a shocking look at the health, human rights and the environmental nightmare that lands on our plate each meal.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 15, 2009.
"The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know."
Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. December 15, 2008.
As someone who eats organic and knows what a CSA is, foodies have high hopes for Obama challenging Big Ag.
Michael Winship, AlterNet. December 11, 2008.
The writer is not biting at an Internet-fueled citizen's movement to draft him for the cabinet post, but he does have some suggestions.
Mark Eisen, The Progressive. November 8, 2008.
Michael Pollan discusses food production, consumer choices, the future of organics and climate change.
Kate Cheney Davidson, Yale Environment 360. July 8, 2008.
Michael Pollan talks about biofuels and the food crisis, the glories of grass-fed beef, and how environmentalists should think about sustainability.
Raj Patel, Melville House Publishing. June 2, 2008.
Hunger and obesity stem from the same problem -- the corporations that sell our food determine what we eat and how we think about food.
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.
As both obesity and hunger are on the rise, a new book shows why we shouldn't feel guilty about our food choices but angry with a corrupt food system.
Tom Philpott, Grist.org. April 28, 2008.
Why rising food prices may not send people rushing off to the nearest farmers market.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 8, 2008.
Consumers are getting duped by the food industry, paying the price with their health.
George Naylor, Movement Vision Lab. March 3, 2008.
Understanding corn could be the key to social change that saves the planet and helps us create democratic communities and local food supplies.
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. February 20, 2008.
Pollan's new book, In Defense of Food, is a scathing indictment of the food industry and a call for a return to unprocessed food.
Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. February 19, 2008.
The idea that liberated women don't prepare food -- because they are too busy having sex and building their careers -- is just plain wrong.
Tom Philpott, Grist.org. October 19, 2007.
An interview with food writer Michael Pollan about food, food politics and his latest book.
