There's a terrific piece by Michael Pollan in the October 9th edition of the New York Times magazine about what our next president must consider in terms of our food policies.
Pollan makes the argument that the next President must make reforming the entire food system one of the highest priorities of his administration. "Unless you do", Pollan argues, "you will not be able to make significant progress on the health care crisis, energy independence or climate change. Unlike food, these are issues you did campaign on — but as you try to address them you will quickly discover that the way we currently grow, process and eat food in America goes to the heart of all three problems and will have to change if we hope to solve them."
You may not agree with everything Pollan says, but it goes to the heart of the argument that there's no quick fix for many of the fundamental problems facing our country today. It's worth a read.
