Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Food Politics in 2006

A New York Times article of Dec. 27 by Marian Burros begins: “The headlines about food this year read like a remarkable replay of Woody Allen’s “Sleeper,” in which the things Americans think they should eat more of — lettuce and spinach — were suddenly the ones that could make them sick, or even kill them.”

In the article, Marian Burros discusses the various crises in our food supply of the past year and interviews Marion Nestle, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, and other food experts about the implications for the future.

Read the entire article:
“You Are What You Eat: 2006 and the Politics of Food.”

Read the article in PDF format.