Today’s Link

John Hodgman talks grandma food with Liz Gilbert: this should be good.

ERG study: California produces 12% of US agricultural output, but only gets 5% of farm bill spending.

Philpott on the pesticides that likely are killing the bees: neoicotinoids, which are on 90% of corn seeds now

Check out this interview with founders of FarmersWeb, a new online tool connecting farmers and wholesale buyers.

Jack Hitt's wonderful new book, Bunch of Amateurs, just published. The book he was born to write.

A mathematician's take on the obesity epidemic: it's the food, stupid-- or rather, how much of it we produce.

Do chefs have a political role, or obligations? Not according to these two great ones. Aesthetics trumps all.

First of many interesting responses to HBO's "WEight of the Nation." Capitalism is the problem.

A wave of superweeds rolls over America's farmland: Thank you Monsanto.

Pepsi's double standard: no soda taxes, but they tax employees who smoke. Hmmm....

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