Bill Moyers recently sat down with Michael Pollan to discuss what direction the U.S. should pursue in the "often-overlooked question of food policy." Michael Pollan is author of The Ominivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.  [Watch Interview]

Earlier this year-- during the heat of the 2008 presidential campaign --Michael Pollan's open letter to the next Farmer and Chief appeared in The New York Times Magazine.  In that piece, too, he explains how our farm policy is effecting so many other problems that we face--problems as apparently diverse as public health, energy, domestic security, immigration, and environmental protection, among others!  [Read Michael Pollen's Letter]  

Michael Pollan is the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley.  To learn more, check out his books, visit his web site, and listen to this YouTube video in which he discusses his latest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto: