Comments on: We Need a Food Revolution: Oprah with Michael Pollan (VIDEO)

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:11:12 +0000

Thanks for posting the video. Great to see Michael Pollan on Oprah talking about the qualities of grass fed meat and sustainable agriculture. We’re an Idaho based producer of grass fed sustainable lamb and hope the episode encourages more people to think before voting with their fork!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:45:24 +0000

Sorry I missed the Oprah show with Michael Pollan. Great show and great subject. But we all now how Oprah works. Every time she does an intelligent show about healthcare (with Michael Moore) or autism (with Jenna McCarthy) or about the horrific food industrial complex, the people who own Oprah (capitalist corporate media) punish her by making her do dozens of show on how to find the perfect pair of jeans or the most wonderful pocketbook. Ugghh!
Stay tuned for The Pocketbook Shows.
For a great insight into our animal torture food system, read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. And The Ethics of What We Eat by Peter Singer. Both very valuable in their own way. They don’t step on each other’s toes but add significant insight.
By the way, for the grass-fed cattle farmer who commented above,can you stop the insanity at the slaughterhouses? Cows going thru the line ALIVE?

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By: Adriana

Adriana — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:37:23 +0000

It was so exciting to see the sustainable food movement get this kind of mainstream attention–and to see the Oprah effect on Amazon. I’ve been having conversations with people about whether we’re getting closer to a tipping point. Some say no, especially since Oprah did not seem 100% on board: “Pollan has his opinions, I have mine…” Is she really still skeptical or is she afraid of alienating her sponsors? But just knowing that she influenced that many people to get Pollan’s books in their hands is encouraging.

By: Judi Gerber

Judi Gerber — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:58:38 +0000

Thanks as always for posting about Oprah’s show. As someone who has been writing about, advocating, and volunteering on behalf of sustainable ag. for the past decade, to see this on her show and the “power of Oprah” making Food Inc. #1 on Amazon.com, is almost surreal. For so many years people looked at me like I was from another planet, now they are finally getting it!

Thanks for all the hard work you do to support a more sustainable food system!

Judi aka LA Farm Girl

By: Megan E. Hanson

Megan E. Hanson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:13:09 +0000

Take a look at all the ads for unhealthy processed and fast food in Oprah’s magazine. Billions of dollars each year get spent on advertising high caloric, low nutrient foods; these dollars could be spent on healthy school food programs or sustainable local food systems in urban areas. Why doesn’t Oprah cut those ads, ask consumers to divert their at least 1/4 of their food dollars to locally produced, whole foods and THEN start talking about a food revolution?

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By: Smokey

Smokey — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:40 +0000

Paula,
That was a great show! I spend a lot of energy on vehemently resisting watching Oprah. But my wife convinced me to sit and watch this episode…it helped that Michael Pollan was the guest.

I am a small grass based Texas cattle producer,a boisterous advocate of the local “ag” producer, and a “preacher” on buying locally grown food.

I would like the general public to understand that there many like myself, and growing, who have a huge respect for the land, our crops, and especially our animals. I truly love “my girls”; providing them with nutritious forage, room to roam, and an “ear scratch” when they come up. As I said, there are many more like me.

The “buy local” thing is not just about saving the small farmer. What people need to realize is the personal health benefits as well. We should all stay informed, especially when it comes to our food. Where did it come from, how was it grown, and when was it harvested(?) are questions we should all ask.

Thanks for a great post…and, having just discovered this site, I am having fun reading all the good stuff here.