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From A National Food Policy for the 21st Century by Michael Pollan

The National Food Policy is therefore not simply about food. It’s about health, it’s about rural landscapes, it’s about the environment, it’s about education, and it’s about poverty. It is also, ultimately, about whether democracy can respond — about our ability to move away from the policies we’ve been trapped in since the 1970s. The problems have changed since then; the change in policies to meet the new challenges we face is long overdue.

From A National Food Policy for the 21st Century by Michael Pollan

The Food Culture:
In many ways, the Obama family has set an example that the next presidency could expand on. It did so by establishing the first producing kitchen garden on White House grounds since the FDR Administration, by modeling healthful eating, and by patronizing and promoting local farmers markets. It established programs such as Let’s Move⁵³ and the Partnership for a Healthier America⁵⁴. It prom…

From A National Food Policy for the 21st Century by Michael Pollan

…Launch a “Farmer Corps” to educate a new generation of “sun farmers” and help put them on the land. The federal government should reverse historical course and embrace the goal of increasing the number of farmers, as part of its push for full employment. No young generation of farmers will emerge under the present conditions; while the average U.S. far…