Conversations With History: The Politics of Food

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes writer Michael Pollan for a discussion of the agricultural industrial complex that dominates consumer choices about what to eat. He explores the origins, evolution and consequences of this system for the nations health and environment. He highlights the role of science, journalism, and politics in the development of a diet that emphasizes nutrition over food. Pollan also sketches a reform agenda and speculates on how a movement might change Americas eating habits. He also talks about science writing, the rewards of gardening, and how students might prepare for the future. Series: Conversations with History [2/2009] [Public Affairs] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 15882]

[@NICJEN2008]

I have to say i have just come upon this Man Pollan and he is my New HERO!
Changing our cultural expectations in America is very important, and across the globe.

[@danrice1141]

Thank you Mr. Pollan for so many good points expressed, incredible information to help a person understand the bigger picture of good health. Bottom line tip, grow a garden, maybe do small scale farming, and study the current and historical situations to get a handle on making reasonably well informed decisions.

[@deebuchanan50]

Michael spent a week working on Polyface farm which he recounts at 30 min of The Omnivore's Dilemma speech at UCDavis For more details see the 3 part series on the
farm

[@soulpeaceartemk5859]

Interesting!!!!

[@aparaajita10]

One of the reason Americans ignore the health care issue & food issue is that acknowledging that will shift the onus & hold the people responsible for making sensible food choices...& 2 things americans hate most are accepting responsibility for the wrongs they do, & change any thing they do

[@sdushdiu]

For someone so in touch with the politics of food, one would think that he would get in touch with the most current nutritional objectively vetted science in the form of the research of C. Esselstyn, T. Colin Campbell, J. McDougall, and the research summaries of NutritionFacts.org and the value of an optimally healthy complete balanced whole foods plant based low sugar low fat regimen.
So much for his dismissing nutritional science's "myth" regarding the problems food saturated with oil ...
His understanding of nutritional science is stuck in "1650".
One would do well to familiarize themselves with the vetted information of the folks above and to focus on assuming more control and responsibility for one's own dietary choices and to forgo the fundamental focus on food industry politics - which, even if one become an authority on the subject does NOT enable anyone to do anything.
The answer is not in politics or waiting for the 'guberment' to solve your problems for you.
Assume responsibility for what YOU do within your OWN sphere of influence.

[@soulpeaceartemk5859]

Good points

[@soulpeaceartemk5859]

Nutritionism"

[@aparaajita10]

37:03-37:09..."nutrition science is approximately what surgery was in 1650..." Surprisingly, medical science is rediscovering the wisdom of using leeches & maggots.

[@RowansAHare]

I knew someone would find some way to bring up Obama.

[@george5120]

Who gives a damn about where he was born and raised? I lost interest after the first minute and stopped watching.

[@sharpaycutie2]

We lost so many Great farmings practices during the Industrial Revolution 😢
So many natural revolution
The Navajo knew so much about agriculture than we did