Life's too short to eat bad food - Me

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic - Arthur C. Clarke

Monday, March 9, 2009

George Will on Agricultural Policy

Without other comment on issues that might divide, here is a link to his cogent, Pollan citing, critique of corn policy. It traces everything from the leftover munitions of World War II being used for fertilizer and pesticides to subsidies and sweeteners and corn ethanol and the obesity crisis in our kids.

It's a must read.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Normally I don't agree with Will, but that is dead on.

Scotty Harris said...

del Grosso taught me to leave politics out of food blogging, but I'd be you and I could enjoy a beer, ;-)

Scotty Harris said...

That was bet.

Anonymous said...

I don't know when I will get up to that part of the state again, we've a nephew and family in Rochester but they usually come here, but if you are going to be down here let me know.

I'm several standard deviations to the left of center.





Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
- Arthur C. Clarke

Life's too short to eat bad food -
Me