Zachary Adam Cohen
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Zachary Adam Cohen is the creator/ producer of Farm to Table: The Emerging American Meal, a reality-TV show chronicling the people, places and trends in America's local food renaissance. When he isn't working on the TV show, he blogs about sustainable food, culture and the personal stories behind them at Farm To Table, and micro-blogs on Twitter @ZacharyCohen.

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What Do Don Draper and American Food Have In Common?

Posted August 25, 2009 | 19:24:32 (EST)

More than you think. Let's consider Don Draper, the protagonist of AMC's Mad Men. If you don't know Don Draper, or the actor who plays him, Jon Hamm, then you've probably been living under a rock for awhile and I am not sure if your first entry into pop culture...

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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey: Marketing Genius or Out-of-Touch Schmuck?

Posted August 19, 2009 | 16:10:45 (EST)

This story, as they say, has legs.

Katherine Goldstein, Green editor at Huffington Post, has a poll up connected to this post about the backlash against Whole Foods that I wrote about earlier today. Her poll shows that 55% are "outraged" and won't ever shop at Whole Foods...

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Who Owns Good Food?

Posted August 6, 2009 | 12:22:14 (EST)

The amazing interest and outpouring of commentary from my last post, "Where are the Conservatives in the local foods movement?" has motivated me to continue asking questions aimed at the heart of the political divide over our food culture. I wrote the piece because I want to see the...

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Where are the Conservatives in the Local, Sustainable Movement?

Posted July 24, 2009 | 16:48:40 (EST)

Let's think about the word conservative for a second. True conservatives are interested in "conserving" things right? The caricature of conservatives is that they try to preserve abstract things like traditional culture, the sanctity of the family, morality, and community but are really only interested in moralizing. But where are...

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