Now if all these books were printed on tree-free paper with soy-based ink, we'd be another step towards true sustainability. Otherwise, the audio or e-book will suffice.
Julie Holland, MD, Michael Pollan, Park Street Press. October 16, 2010.
In a wide-ranging interview from a new book on pot, Pollan says, 'The idea that the government can tell you what you can grow in your garden strikes me in a visceral way as wrong.'
Most of the problems in our food system stem from the concentration of power, land, wealth, and political influence in the hands of a few large players.
Foer's new book, Eating Animals, uncovers some ugly truths about America's meat production system, but he also weaves in stories from his own family history.
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.
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.
