Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Food & Politics



Michael Pollan's open letter to the next president "Farmer in Chief" is required reading for anyone intersted in how our food system plays into the healthcare crisis, the energy crisis, and the climate crisis. My hope is that the candidates are interested enough in the topic to read it...
The above picture parody comes from a recent article posted on Grist "Politics and the Dinner Table-Weighing Obama's and McCain's stances on food and farm policy".