Pollan on the Farm Bill in NYT Mag

Wondering what the farm bill has to do with obesity? Read Michael Pollan's piece in the NYT Magazine, You are What You Grow. Factoid: One dollar can buy 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips but only 250 calories of carrots.

Michael Pollan argues that this is the year for everyone to get involved in the Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is a piece of legislation that comes around every 5 years that determines, among other things, which crops will be subsidized and which will not. It will have a profound effect not only on our food system but also on the American landscape and environment.

If you don't know anything about the 2007 farm bill, read the above-mentioned article by Pollan and this 3-part series by Tom Philpott published on the environmental news site, Grist.