- about the relationship between food system and fossil fuels
- the history of US Ag policy
- the impact of the US Farm Bill on national heath
- the impact of US food system on rest of the world
- what is meant by “food security”
- what is meant by “sun food”
If you do want to know about these things, a good place to start is Michael Pollan’s Open Letter to our new Farmer in Chief
“The good news is that the twinned crises in food and energy are creating a political environment in which real reform of the food system may actually be possible for the first time in a generation. The American people are paying more attention to food today than they have in decades, worrying not only about its price but about its safety, its provenance and its healthfulness. There is a gathering sense among the public that the industrial-food system is broken. Markets for alternative kinds of food — organic, local, pasture-based, humane — are thriving as never before.” —Michael Pollan, October 9, 2008 in The New York Times
