New administration: Secretary of food

Talking to NPR's Renee Montagne, Pollan summed up why it is so important to get out of the limited mind-set favoring promotion of big agricultural-related corporations: "The food system is responsible for about a third of greenhouse gases. It is responsible for the catastrophic American diet that is leading 50 percent of us to suffer from chronic disease, and that drives up health care costs." Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 22, 2008

The editorial suggests a change to emphasize people and food, as opposed to the current emphasis on agribusiness. Interesting, thought provoking, and timely.

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