Michael Pollan

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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.

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.

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.

A foodist. And the idea they don't want young farmers to hear from somebody like me is a sign of, I think, insecurity. Anyway, but I thought I was done after I did that. I wrote several books on food. In addition to Omnivore's Dilemma, there was In Defense of Food and Food Rules. Botany of Desire had a lot of material on food. So I thought I had said what I had to say.