“The irony is that the average consumer does not feel very powerful. They think that they are the recipients of whatever industry has put there for them to consume. Trust me, it’s the exact opposite. Those businesses spend billions of dollars to tally our votes. When we run an item past the supermarket scanner, we’re voting: for local, or not...  organic or not...”  ~ Gary Hirshberg, the founder of Stonyfield Farm, appearing in Food, Inc.

This series of reports by Peter Jennings anticipate many of the issues raised by several newer, higher-profile films on food and health in America.  These are a must see for anyone interested the effects of corporate marketing and goverment policies on public health--on your health and my health!

Click the article title, above, or "Read More," below, to see the other videos in this excellent series of reports!

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 and listen to this YouTube video: [More]