Michael Pollan on the Farm Bill
November 4, 2007
Today’s New York Times has a nifty op-ed from Michael Pollan on the Farm (Food!) Bill. The Bill might be voted on this week. I suppose there is still time to scream and shout about how it needs to be brought in line with health considerations, although it’s hard to retain much optimism at this point. The Farm Bill is a terrific illustration of the ways in which agriculture is linked to food, nutrition, and health, but it also is a terrific example of why our corrupt electoral system needs fixing. If we want our representatives to put public health above corporate health, we need to find a much better way to fund election campaigns. Let’s start working on all of this right now!
Public Health
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Corporate Wealth
With the use of the internet make it possible to produce a message, e.g. in a video very inexpensively and have it seen by many Americans. So many “The percentage of U.S. adults with access to the Internet has grown to 77 percent, a research firm said.”
(May ‘06 www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/188500373).
What if low limits of campaign spending were allowed? This would make it more of a fair battle between candidates and limit the influence others would have.
I hope everyone rights AND calls their Senators this week! Vote Yes for the FRESH Act–it’s the best reform of the Farm Bill that we have!
http://senate.gov/ (go to the top right)
Comment by Daniel, Ithaca NY — November 4, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Both WRITING and CALLING the office is important!
Comment by Daniel, Ithaca NY — November 4, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
You know, sometimes Sen. Lugar makes me proud to live in Indiana.
Comment by Robyn M. — November 4, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
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