Farm Bill and What to Eat

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08/10/2007

Aug. 10, 2007

Farm Bill and What to Eat

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In this hour, Ira talks with a journalist who covers food and nutrition, and a nutritionist who's also an expert on food politics about the 2007 Farm Bill. The bill passed the House at the end of July, and will be up before the Senate in October. The Farm Bill isn't just the business of farming states; it affects what everyone eats, both in the United States and overseas. We'll also talk about nutrition and how we can be sure that we're eating what's best for us. The freshest, most nutritious food is that which is grown locally, but locally-grown foods can be very hard to find. We'll also talk to an author and food activist who is practicing what he preaches, living off the grid in rural Tennessee. He has advice for anyone who wants to improve nutrition and eating habits.

Guests

Author, "What to Eat" (North Point Press/Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, 2006)

Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition,
Food Studies, and Public Health

New York University

New York, New York
Sandor Ellix Katz

Author, "The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America's Underground
Food Movements" (Chelsea Green, 2007)

Farmer/Food Activist

Nashville, Tennessee
Michael Pollan

Author of the foreword to "Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food
and Farm Bill" (Watershed Media/University of California Press, 2007)

Contributing Writer, The
New York Times Magazine

Knight Professor of Journalism,
University of California

Berkeley, California

Aug. 10, 2007