'One grandmother is worth two M.D.s.'
Robert Mendelsohn, M.D
'Michael Pollan: Forget Nutrition Charts, Eat What Grandma Said Is Good for You
The author of 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' says science [think corporate 'Big Agribusiness' fake science] has supplanted cultural wisdom as a guide in telling us what to eat'.
Harry Kreisler (HK): In understanding food and agribusiness, politics is very important.
'Michael Pollan (MP): We're not aware of it, but food, like everything, is political. It is the biggest industry in the country; it's the most essential thing. We've had the luxury of not having to think about it for the last thirty years, thanks to Earl Butz and having all this cheap food around. But you know, if we as a society have to live without gasoline, which is unimaginable, we will figure out how to do it. We did it for millions of years. We've never lived without food. Food is really essential, and when you have anything that's essential, there is enormous political and economic forces that contend about how it will be organized.'
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