For Tom — why don’t you have a Medium account so we can follow you and your updates on these important issues?
FoodFightOct 28, 20151 min read
Previous administrations have failed to appreciate the linkages between farming, diet, public health, and the environment, with the result that the food system has never been effecti...
A National Food Policy for the 21st Century
Michael Pollan
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Thank you for making this case so clearly and compellingly. As a nonprofit working tirelessly to connect the dots of the myriad effects of a broken food system, it is inspiring to see the argument spelled out in such a cogent fashion. We are and will remain your steadfast foot (food) soldiers, helping schools to get this information into the hands of…
Robert TinsleyOct 19, 20151 min read
I have been pleased with the response to my comments calling for revolutionary changes in farm and…
John Ikerd
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I have done a first-read of the blog post (a second, more deliberate read coming up), amd the thing that jumps out at me is that your target is the USDA. Personally I fear that the USDA is merely a stalking horse and that concentrating on a government agency is a prescription for failure. The true villains of the piece are our illustrious…
John IkerdOct 18, 20151 min read
In their white paper, A National Food Policy for the 21st Century, Bittman, Pollan, Salvador, and…
John Ikerd
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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…
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Tim GiesekeOct 13, 20151 min read
A National Food Policy for the 21st Century
Michael Pollan
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The crisis of food and ag sustainability is a crisis of governance. I believe the food and ag sustainability evolution will not occur first through a conversion of the USDA and its policies, but through the same evolution that is changing transportation, boarding and retail. It was the multi-sided platform business model that created Uber, Airbnb…
Tim GiesekeOct 13, 20151 min read
In their white paper, A National Food Policy for the 21st Century, Bittman, Pollan, Salvador, and…
John Ikerd
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I believe the food and ag sustainability evolution will not occur first through a conversion of the USDA and its policies, but through the same evolution that is changing transportation, boarding and retail. It was the multi-sided platform business model that created Uber, Airbnb, Alibaba, Facebook, etc. It is these scalable behemoths that stomped on…
John IkerdOct 12, 20155 min read
A National Food Policy for the 21st Century
Michael Pollan
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In their white paper, A National Food Policy for the 21st Century, Bittman, Pollan, Salvador, and De Schutter have outlined a well-reasoned, logical public policy agenda. That said, I think it will take something far bolder than a “memo to the next president” to bring about meaningful change in U.S. farm and food policy. The authors acknowledge the…
Why the Next President Will Need a National Food Policy
Michael Pollan
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I’d love to see a similar campaign in the UK. As far as I can tell, the last time this was addressed was in 2008 by Gordon Brown. The recommendations then were pretty solid, but not adequately acted-on. Now, as Michael Pollan’s article makes clear, the stakes are higher than ever.