Food Democracy
Op-Ed Columnist – Obama’s ‘Secretary of Food’? – NYTimes.com
Nicholas Kristof wrote an op-ed the other day that calls for taking a long, hard look at the industrial farming lobby in the United States and the damage it’s done to our collective health, physical or otherwise.
You may remember that earlier this year I read What to Eat by Marion Nestle. Nestle, in that book, also calls for reform of the food industry in our country. It’s an idea whose time has come (albeit late), and we have an excellent opportunity to confront this issue head-on, in the shape of our new President-elect. I am currently reading An Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan, and continue to be enlightened and appalled by the way industrial farming works in this country.
I’d like you to read Kristof’s op-ed (link above), and sign the Food Democracy Now! petition, which can be found here.
