“Opting out” is a key term for Joel, who believes that it would be a fatal mistake to “try to sell a connected, holistic, ensouled product through a Western, reductionist, Wall Street sales scheme”—by which (I think) he means selling to big organic supermarkets like Whole Foods. As far as Joel is concerned, there isn’t a world of difference between Whole Foods and Wal-Mart. Both are part of an increasingly globalized economy that turns any food it touches into a commodity, reaching its tentacles wherever in the world a food can be produced most cheaply and then transporting it wherever it can be sold most dearly.

Read Michael Pollan's excellent book The Omnivore's Dilemma for more on Salatin.
- jaschwarz (guest) 8-30-2007 5:15 pm [add a comment]

the article/link is an exeprt from the book.....
- Skinny 8-31-2007 12:54 am [add a comment]

I keep forgetting. Read first, THEN comment.
- jaschwarz (guest) 8-31-2007 6:00 am [add a comment]

i need to read the book.....i am totally living hard core "flexitarian"
- Skinny 8-31-2007 5:15 pm [add a comment]

interview transcript pbs frontline
- bill 8-31-2007 5:33 pm [add a comment]

Listen :

Today’s show, Ruth Reichl and food writer Michael Pollan explore how we decide what to eat. Then, chef Daniel Boulud and sommelier Daniel Johnnes explain why box wines can be a good option for wine lovers.

listen :

The farm bill is up for reauthorization. Michael Pollan, writer for the New York Times Magazine and author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Penguin Press, 2006), says it affects not only what we grow, but how we eat--and that food is a class issue.

you are what you grow from nyt magazine
- bill 8-31-2007 5:46 pm [add a comment]

thanks bill
- Skinny 9-03-2007 7:10 pm [add a comment]