The idea of a National Food Policy as outlined in this article is incredibly exciting. As the owner of one of the country’s first completely clean restaurants, I carry with me countless stories of customers, both adult and children alike, moved to tears upon realizing that they could eat anything on our menu. These people are victims of our food…

The idea of a National Food Policy as outlined in this article is incredibly exciting. As the owner of one of the country’s first completely clean restaurants, I carry with me countless stories of customers, both adult and children alike, moved to tears upon realizing that they could eat anything on our menu. These people are victims of our food…

Michael,

You said, “These goals are anything but controversial.” In who’s eyes does that apply? Look at some of the replies to your story. Food is a controversial topic when it is considered among the complexity of all the issues society is facing.

the naivety of thinking that the same government who gave us 23 years of the ‘food pyramid’, and it’s 6–11 servings of carbohydrates, would be even marginally competent at managing a ‘national food policy’ is astounding.

I’d expect a national food policy to have a lot more incidents like the raw milk raids

I have been pleased with the response to my comments calling for revolutionary changes in farm and food policies. I have concluded that willingness to support radical policy changes may be greater than I had thought. In response I have posted two previously written papers on my website and http://johnikerd.com — a shorter paper as a blog piece and a…

Thank you I couldn’t agree more that a National food Policy is imperative to our countries health. It is long overdue and I applaud it. How refreshing to read something so important and holistically thought out. We need a program like this to heal and revitalize the destructive path we have been going down for far too long. As a society caring for…