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Teens Need Kitchen Counter-Culture

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Gap, The Gap, Transvestites, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Apples, Van Gogh, Punks, Emos, Michael Pollan, Freakanomics, Takepart, New York Times, Sustainability, Washington Post, Ll Bean, Heirloom, Diversity, Pucci, Green News
Sarah Newman

It's ironic that teens today are correctly pushing the social agenda in their schools to allow a diversity of identities to be expressed but are consuming foods that have little nutritional value and are uniform.

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The Obama Administration and Food, Year One

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Usda, Michael Pollan, Kathleen Merrigan, Research, Tom Vilsack, President Obama, Cafo, Big Ag, Food Safety, Food Policy, Technology, E. Coli, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Green News
Paula Crossfield

A year after Obama's election, advocates hoping for deep improvements in our food system can point to only a few successes, while other policies that could lead to food insecurity are brewing in back rooms.

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Michael Pollan's 'Hummer-Driving Vegan' Claim Debunked

Kyle Cassidy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Enviro, Wend, Debunk, Prius, Michael Pollan, Vegan, Green, Media, Huffington Post, Meat, Hummer, News, Kyle Cassidy, Green News
Kyle Cassidy

Michael Pollan stated that "A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef-eater in a Prius" at the Pop-Tech conference last Saturday. The only problem is, the statement isn't true.

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Orthorexia, Bacon Worship And The Power Of Food Culture

Darya Pino | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan, Diet, Orthorexia, Steven Bratman, Health, Food Politics, Food, Living News
Darya Pino

We've shunned fats, sugars, starches and everything in between, and embraced each new diet trend with open arms and wallets. And perhaps not surprisingly, it appears some people are now taking it too far.

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On Farmers, Activists and Scary Food Issues

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Gmos, Cafos, Michael Pollan, Corn, Ohio, Food Politics, Issue 2, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. I must confess that before I traveled to Iowa earlier this month, I had rubbed elbows with quite a few farmer...

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Eating Animals: Why Eating Matters

Kathy Freston | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Farms, Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated, Eating Meat, Agriculture, New Books, Omnivore's Dilemma, Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Animals, Free Range, Jonathan Safran Foer, Michael Pollan, Farm Forward, Vegetarianism, Foer Eating Animals, Eating Animals, Books, Farming, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Factory Farms, Thanksgiving, Books News
Kathy Freston

If ever there was a book that could profoundly affect our lives at the most fundamental level, this one is it.

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The Moral Ferocity of Eating Animals

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 10.28.2009 | Books

Read More: Veganism, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Why Our Health Matters, Books, Dr. Andrew Weil, Agriculture, Vegan, Factory Farms, Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, Omnivore's Dilemma, New Books, Vegetarianism, Michael Pollan, Books News, Farms, Food Politics, Eating Animals, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News
Dr. Andrew Weil

If you eat meat from factories you have not absorbed the reality of factory farms. If you truly understood what happens inside these windowless animal jails and abattoirs, you simply would not eat this meat.

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Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals Turned Me Vegan

Natalie Portman | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Veganism, Natalie Portman, Farming, Everything Is Illuminated, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Books, Agriculture, Vegan, Factory Farms, Omnivore's Dilemma, New Books, Vegetarianism, Michael Pollan, Farms, Food Politics, Eating Animals, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, Foer, Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Animals, Natalie Portman Vegan, Natalie Portman Vegetarian, Portman, Jonathan Foer, Thanksgiving, Books News
Natalie Portman

Jonathan Safran Foer's book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News
Michael Moore

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Cloudy With a Chance of Allergies or Autism?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Technofood, Michael Pollan, Robyn O'Brien, Dange-Ometer, Adhd, Autism, Bill Gates, Economist, Patent, Gmo, Children's Health, Health Care, Monsanto, Allergies, Allergy Kids, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.

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Digesting the Week

Liz Neumark | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Dalai Lama, New York City Wine and Food Festival, Pier 54, Grand Tasting Tent, Food Banks, Michael Pollan, Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, New York News
Liz Neumark

The white silk scarf I received from the Dalai Lama is a symbol. Our actions determine whether or not it stays white -- our actions in our lives and in the universe of food.

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Michael Pollan's Collection Of Favorite Food Rules

nytimes.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food, Michael Pollan, Green Living, Health, Eating Healthy, Green News

Earlier this year, Michael Pollan posted a request for reader's rules about eating on Well, Tara Parker Pope's health blog. Within days, more than 2,5...

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Can Organic Food Feed The World? Michael Pollan Answers

Grist | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Agriculture, Industrial Agriculture, Michael Pollan, Food Politics, Green News

In response to a question about whether we can really feed the world without industrialized ag (ah yes, a perennial), Pollan pointed out that we're no...

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Meatless Monday: Listening To Your Broccoli

Ellen Kanner | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Mel Brooks, Broccoli, Michael Pollan, Ccf, Meatless Monday Recipe, Meatless Mondays, Green News
Ellen Kanner

In an old comedy routine, Mel Brooks plays a therapist who advises his patient, "Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli will tell you how to eat i...

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Egg McMuffin Topples Whole Foods Boycott

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Michael Pollan, Whole Foods, John Mackey Whole Foods, Health Care Reform, McDonald's, Boulder Colorado, Whole Grains, Whole Foods Boycott, Whole Foods CEO, Healthy Food, English Muffins, Denver News
Anne Z. Boxer

I am boycotting Whole Foods to remind myself that we each need to make sacrifices to remember what is important. But who knew that an English muffin would require me to temporarily end my boycott?

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In Defense of Michael Pollan and a Civil, More Nuanced Food Debate

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Farming, Michael Pollan, Common Reading, Wisconsin, In Defense of Food, Astroturfing, Green News
Paula Crossfield

As a political observer following the shift occurring in our understanding about agriculture, I can't help but be reminded that change does not come p...

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Pollan's 'Defense Of Food' Sparks Debate In Dairyland

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Pollan, Naperville-Illinois, Dairy, Columbia, Food, New York City-New York, Debate in Dairyland, In Defense of Food, Madison-Wisconsin, Defense of Food, Home News

One best-selling book advocating fresh, local foods is shaking up America's Dairyland.

Students across University of Wisconsin-Madison's campus, organic grocers, scientists, and dairy farmers large and small have jumped into the debate on how food is produced and eaten. The discussions started last month when the university began giving Michael Pollan's book, "In Defense of Food," free to all incoming freshmen and school officials urged professors to use it in class.

"I have not seen the students this excited about something in years," Irwin Goodman, a horticulture professor who is vice dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences said of the buzz on campus about Pollan's field-to-table philosophies.

The book urges readers to "eat food, not too much, mostly plants" and criticizes food companies and scientists for replacing traditional foods with unhealthier, highly processed substitutes and confusing consumers with health claims.

Pollan's work has been used on college campuses from the University of California-Berkeley, where he is a journalism professor, to Columbia University in New York City for courses ranging from science journalism to environmental politics. But the program at UW-Madison is unique because the book and related topics are being discussed everywhere from French and political science courses to an exhibit on the history of food. And Pollan is to speak at the 17,000-seat Kohl Center Thursday in the liberal college town.

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Farms, Retail, Growing Power, The Jungle, Farmers, Food Retail, Will Allen, Upton Sinclair, Business, Fast Food Nation, Innovation, Usda, Slow Money, Michael Pollan, Pro Food, Food Inc., Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Local, Eric Schlosser, Pro, Investments, Triple Bottom Line, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Michael Pollan Says Healthcare Reform Will Fail Unless We Change The Way We Eat

Grist | Posted 11.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Fast Food, Michael Pollan, Anti-Soda Ad Campaign, Food Politics, Green News, Npr, Health Care Reform, Big Ag, Industrial Agriculture, Health Care, Health Care Industry, Food Industry, Green News

First in The New York Times last week and then on NPR this weekend, Michael Pollan made that point that if we want to fix our health-care system, we h...

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What the President Didn't Say: Your Job Is Not to Get Sick

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Nina Planck, Michael Pollan, Heidi Swanson, Andrew Weil, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

Obama's health care speech was just the opening salvo in a much larger change in the way we live. What the president didn't say: The American health care/medical industry is currently based on a sickness model.

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The Nation's Special Issue "Food for All"

Ben Wyskida | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Food, Alice Waters, The Nation, Organic Food, Food Politics, Walter Mosley, Anna Lappe, Local Food, Michael Pollan, Green News
Ben Wyskida

There is a much broader movement out there towards food democracy: the effort to ensure healthy food for everyone.

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Whole Foods and Michael Pollan: Wrong to the Core

Barth Anderson | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: John Mackey, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Whole Foods, Michael Pollan, Green News
Barth Anderson

Because he's a professor, not a grocer, Michael Pollan can be forgiven for not understanding that the boycott is actually a "core" shopper revolt.

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Why Society Works Better When We're Afraid and Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Big Pharma, Wii Fit, Pharmaceutical Industry, Michael Pollan, Kfc Double Down, Obesity Epidemic, Eating Locally, Greg Critser, Living News
Christina Pirello

We need to consider what has happened to the quality of our lives since we gave away control of our bodies; we must learn to use pharmaceuticals more appropriately and not medicate ourselves into oblivion.

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Why Does McWilliams Lambast Locavores When His Real Beef Is With Meat Eaters?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Agribiz, Michael Pollan, James McWilliams, Just Food, Locavore, Farmers Markets, Books, Environment, Genetically Modified Food, Foodie, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Sandwiched between the caricatures of loco locavores and McWilliams' hey-ho-GMO cheerleading, lies the meat of the matter; we can't go on eating animals like this.

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Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Weight Loss, Sugar, Pesticides, Fast Food, American Diet, Prevention-Magazine, Steroids, Weight Loss Tips, Herbicides, Fast Food Industry, Weight, 1950s, Papa-Johnss-Pizza, Salt, Wendy's, McDonald's, Marketing, Processed Food, Losing Weight, Food Marketing, 1950s-Housewife, Canned Foods, Growth Hormones, Weight Gain, Blackberry Addiction, Pollan Food, Food Labels, Weight Control, Michael Pollan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Health, Real Food, Toxic Waste, Consumer Protection, Heart Attack, Living News
Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

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