Articles Published in Newsweek
How to Feed the World
The worldwide crisis over food prices is the direct result of the decision, made by the Bush administration in 2006, to begin feeding large quantities of American corn to American automobiles, in the form of ethanol. This fateful decision led to a run-up in corn prices, which in turn led farmers to plant more corn and less soy and wheat–leading to the surge in the price for all grains. But make no mistake: we’ve created a situation where American SUVs are competing with African eaters for grain. We can see who is winning.
Two Great Books to Chew On
Pollan is a gardener, a cook and an uncommonly graceful explainer of natural science; this is the book he was born to write.