Michael Pollan

Oh, thank you, Mark. I really appreciate your saying that.

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Well, you know, when we did food Inc in 2008, it really did help launch a conversation. And, um,

Well, you know, when we did food Inc in 2008, it really did help launch a conversation. And, um,

Well, you know, when we did food Inc in 2008, it really did help launch a conversation. And, um,

uh there hadn't been a film that looked at the whole system quite the way that one did and uh it had a big impact it also led to a backlash um it was i i just remember how much pushback there was from the industry from the farm bureau which is a um not really a farmer's organization they hide behind farmers but they're really an agribusiness organization

uh there hadn't been a film that looked at the whole system quite the way that one did and uh it had a big impact it also led to a backlash um it was i i just remember how much pushback there was from the industry from the farm bureau which is a um not really a farmer's organization they hide behind farmers but they're really an agribusiness organization

uh there hadn't been a film that looked at the whole system quite the way that one did and uh it had a big impact it also led to a backlash um it was i i just remember how much pushback there was from the industry from the farm bureau which is a um not really a farmer's organization they hide behind farmers but they're really an agribusiness organization

And they came after me and they came after Eric Schlosser and it was a real reminder how much power there is in the status quo in food. I had a series, I used to get invited to speak at agricultural schools, land grant colleges, and I love going to talk to young farmers.

And they came after me and they came after Eric Schlosser and it was a real reminder how much power there is in the status quo in food. I had a series, I used to get invited to speak at agricultural schools, land grant colleges, and I love going to talk to young farmers.

And they came after me and they came after Eric Schlosser and it was a real reminder how much power there is in the status quo in food. I had a series, I used to get invited to speak at agricultural schools, land grant colleges, and I love going to talk to young farmers.

And all of a sudden, those invitations would get canceled, or I would go and there would be some counter-programming to shrink my audience.

And all of a sudden, those invitations would get canceled, or I would go and there would be some counter-programming to shrink my audience.

And all of a sudden, those invitations would get canceled, or I would go and there would be some counter-programming to shrink my audience.

That kind of stuff. And then I had a gig at Cal Poly where they announced that It couldn't be a speech without challenge. I had to do a debate instead. Subsequently came out in the Los Angeles Times that the owner of the biggest feedlot in California, Harris Ranch, had threatened the president of Cal Poly if I was allowed to speak unchallenged and threatened to withdraw a gift.

That kind of stuff. And then I had a gig at Cal Poly where they announced that It couldn't be a speech without challenge. I had to do a debate instead. Subsequently came out in the Los Angeles Times that the owner of the biggest feedlot in California, Harris Ranch, had threatened the president of Cal Poly if I was allowed to speak unchallenged and threatened to withdraw a gift.

That kind of stuff. And then I had a gig at Cal Poly where they announced that It couldn't be a speech without challenge. I had to do a debate instead. Subsequently came out in the Los Angeles Times that the owner of the biggest feedlot in California, Harris Ranch, had threatened the president of Cal Poly if I was allowed to speak unchallenged and threatened to withdraw a gift.

And in the same letter, which they got a hold of at the LA Times, he insisted they cancel a course on the grass feeding of livestock. of ruminants. And then I had a gig canceled at Western Washington University. And it all turned out to be Farm Bureau organized. And so it was an interesting reminder to me. It's like the McCarthy era.