Friday, February 17, 2012

Food, Inc.


You are all watching Food, Inc. this week, a rather popular film that is in many ways a follow up to Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, as well as Eric Schlosser's book, Fast Food Nation.

You might want to check out this New York Times' review

Here is an National Public Radio piece.

The company Monsanto is important to the argument of Food, Inc. Check out their response to the film

Here is the official website for Food, Inc.

If you liked this film, you might also like this one.

For a comedic take on these issues, check out Fast Food Nation the movie.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

An Interesting Blog

Marion Nestle's Food Politics is an interesting blog about, well, the politics of food!

Check it out here.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Michael Pollan & Eric Schlosser

 These are two important figures in the current debates about food in America.


Pollan wrote, among many other books, The Omnivore's Dilemma, which you read a selection from this past week. Check out this older post on Pollan.



Schlosser, a journalist, wrote Fast Food Nation, which you also read a selection from, and he appeared on the Colbert Report.