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Michael Pollan: In Defense of Food 3

Friday, March 14th, 2008

There’s more to eating than just its effect upon our health. Pleasure, a sense of community, our sense of connection with nature, these are all highly important aspects of eating that may get overlooked. In this segment with Deborah Kane of Ecotrust, Michael Pollan discusses our over-reliance upon science to guide us in our [...]

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Michael Pollan: In Defense Of Food 2

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Could our conceptions for eating, and our understanding of foods, gone terribly awry? In this segment, Michael Pollan explains how Americans have come to view food through the lens of nutritionism. Foods have become valued upon their perceived healthiness, largely, the measure of good and bad nutrients within foods. Other valuable reasons for [...]

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Foundation Foods

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

This short excerpt shows members of the “clean plate club” at home, and also provides an unusual interpretation of the essential 7 food groups. Perhaps a little dry by present standards, this was a serious film in its day. Now I know why, I always had difficulty with the food group chart! Foundation [...]

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Carlo Petrini: Good, Clean, and Fair: Part 6

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Carlo Petrini, in this final installment, argues for economic respect, and fairness to the small farmers of the world. Economy and ecology, he reminds us, share the same roots, and that it is local economies that will save our society, and it’s the global economy that threatens to destroy it. For those who [...]

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Carlo Petrini: Give Value To Food-Part 5

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Food prices in Europe, and The United States, have gone down markedly since 1970 when the average family spent 32% of their earnings on food, now that figure is 13%. What’s wrong with cheap prices for food? Carlo Petrini argues it promotes mass food production, increases the risk of Mad Cow Disease, and creates [...]

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