Sunday, October 12, 2008

FARMER IN CHIEF, AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT

‘What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food.

Dear Mr. President–Elect …”

Thanks to Mark Miller, Ward 4 resident, bicycle transportation aficionado, environmental advocate, and writer for tipping us off to Sunday’s The New York Times Magazine’s Food Issue article by Michael Pollan, “FARMER IN CHIEF”

Michael Pollan’s most recent book is, “In Defense of Food” and his book, “The Omnivore’s Dilema: A Natural History of Four Meals” was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by The New York Times and Washington Post

This article is a very informative read, written by one of the most influential authors on the subject of FOOD and the concern for the quality of the food we consume today, the environment, and the industry that supplies what we eat.

You can read the article on-line through the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html#articleBodyLink