Not to spoil the reading of this great piece of political agri-food writing, Michael Pollan urges the next president of the USA to "eat less oil and more sunlight." He also proposes turning the ridiculously large (and chemical-intensive no doubt) south lawn of the White House into an organic garden to provide food to the White House and the local food banks of the area!
This letter was written and appeared before Obama became the President-elect, but for those of you food activists / gardeners and foodies out there, this is a great political food essay. Maybe we should write one to Stephen Harper??
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?_r=2&em=&pagewanted=all
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
1 comment:
In the wonderful book "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse," I learned that Alice petitioned (and met with) Clinton for years when he was president to grow a garden on the White House lawn. Needless to say Bill didn't pounce on the idea. But I think it's a great one. Maybe Obama will think so too.
Post a Comment