Comments on: Today’s scandal: industrial agriculture vs. Michael Pollan

By: jill

jill — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:32:55 +0000

As the world population continues to increase and the current economic crisis that has affected the entire world, how could we possibly sustain a Michael Pollan “diet”. That alone is an unsustainable trend.

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Cronaca “Vera” « L’orto di carta — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:29:31 +0000

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By: pdquick

pdquick — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:45:34 +0000

How did he graduate from college with such a poor command of English grammar?

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Real Food News Heats Up | Food Renegade — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:28 +0000

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By: Anton Xavier

Anton Xavier — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:43:19 +0000

The article link posted by James above. And below again, paints what I imagine is a more comprehensive picture of the problems facing our food production.

It seems reasonable that Pollen should face a panel for an open discussion.

http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:51:28 +0000

Meet the next generation of beef propagandists:
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/opinion/ci_13584289

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:55 +0000

Have you heard about the beef industry’s response to the Baltimore, MD, school district instituting Meatless Mondays? You can imagine.

By: Kieran Hackett

Kieran Hackett — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:12:08 +0000

Hi Marion,
I may be naive but I am unclear why you are implying we should dismiss David Wood’s request for a more inclusive discussion of the issues. I am a strong proponent of sustainable, local food production. Your writing, along with Michael Pollan’s and Jeffrey Masson’s have profoundly changed my life and my relationship with food. But I also know that we will not prevail in promoting a better approach to food and ag if the argument appears one-sided or like some bit of coastal elitism. David Woods arguments for CAFOs and NPK enhance farming will eventually fall flat but his POV deserves a forum and hopefully in providing one, we can get him closer to his “road to damascus” moment.
If you have a moment, I am curious to hear your thoughts.

Best,

Kieran

By: EBMalone

EBMalone — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:46:13 +0000

Can anyone tell me the details of Marion’s public appearance today, Oct. 20, in Vicenza, Italy? I live here and would like to attend.

By: James

James — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:29:18 +0000

I’ve been to Harris Ranch and it’s a scary place. It’s right next to a very small town called Coalinga. Harris Ranch probably occupies more space than the rest of the town, and of course it makes many times more money than the rest of the town put together, but they do precious little to help the pretty poor inhabitants of the town. They aren’t a great bunch of folks to begin with.

I have to say, though, I do like the thought of Pollan speaking and then being part of a panel with some representatives of industrial agriculture. There’s an interesting article here (http://www.american.com/archive/2009/july/the-omnivore2019s-delusion-against-the-agri-intellectuals) in which a farmer responds to Pollan, and though Pollan definitely informs my view of things I thought this guy made some good points. I’d like to hear Pollan respond to some of those critiques, since I just know so little about industrial agriculture.