Michael Pollan is Optimistic About Obama Administration’s Food Policy Potential
November 17th, 2008 By Paula Crossfield
Today on The Brian Lehrer Show, Michael Pollan spoke about the change in food policy he’d like to see under the next administration. Although there has been a move to nominate him for Secretary of Agriculture, Pollan stated that while he is flattered, he thinks he wouldn’t make the vetting process (See The Botany of Desire, Chapter 3: Marijuana. But then again, our new president has a past of his own). He did however say that he felt that President-elect Obama is one of the most synthesis-oriented presidents we’ve had in a long time, and he feels that while he might not implement all of the ideas Mr. Pollan put forth in his recent letter in the New York Times Magazine, he feels confident that we will begin to see change in the right direction. Perhaps an ode to Thomas Jefferson by adding an organic garden on the White House lawn? Read More