Michael Pollan Discusses How the Farm Bill Can Be Improved

"This is a guest post by Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto and The Omnivore's Dilemma.

After many, many months of wrangling, Congress recently passed a farm bill, overriding a veto by the president. In my view, it is not a very good bill -- it preserves more or less intact the whole structure of subsidies responsible for so much that is wrong in the American food system.

On the other hand, it does contain some significant new provisions that, with luck, will advance the growing movement toward a more just, sustainable, and healthy food system."

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