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Michael Pollan on How Reclaiming Cooking Can Save Our Food System, Make Us Healthy & Grow Democracy

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Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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http://www.democracynow.org - We spend the hour with Michael Pollan, one of the country's leading writers and thinkers on food and food policy. Pollan has written several best-selling books about food, including "The Omnivore's Dilemma," and "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." In his latest book, "Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation," Pollan argues that taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step anyone can take to help make our food system healthier and more sustainable. "There is a deliberate effort to undermine food culture to sell us processed food," Pollan says. "The family meal is a challenge if you're General Mills or Kellogg or one of these companies, or McDonald's, because the family meal is usually one thing shared." Pollan also talks about the "slow food" movement. "Slow food is about food that is good, clean and fair. They're concerned with social justice. They're concerned with how the food is grown and how humane and chemical-free it is." He adds, "Slow food is about recovering that space around the family and keeping the influence of the food manufacturers outside of the house. ... The family meal is very important. It's the nursery of democracy."

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