Elephant Journal: Michael Pollan Interview

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This week our good friend Waylon Lewis interviewed Michael Pollan the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.  They touch on how to communicate “green” to the masses, why he eats meat, GMOs, cancer, diet, Swine Flu & Michelle Obama’s organic garden.  Check it out!

Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts”

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Monsanto should patent their modification of the word “Fact”

While I was working on my review of the movie Food, Inc. I happened upon Monsanto’s “Fact Site” about the movie and thought I’d address some of their “Facts.”  I highly recommend you watch the movie and judge for yourself, but until then here is Monsanto’s position [...]

Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Michael Pollan was on the Colbert Report last night talking about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (a common sense look at what we eat). They also talk about the gigantic Cheeto canon, how Pollan got caught buying Fruity Pebbles in Berkley and Mrs. Pollan outs that he wasn’t breast fed.

Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter & Poorer

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

“How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?” For most, the answer is very little. Of all the social and environmental issues we face today, “what we eat” is probably the most important and the most urgent. Food, Inc, a new documentary by Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing many of the shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who is calling the shots.