A plate full of issues: Food expert tries to raise consciousness about what we eat

More on ethical eating, this time from Ruth Reichl, a woman who's made a career of examining our food choices as individuals and as a society. While she's no vegetarian, she is working to raise consciousness on food justice issues as well as drawing attention to food issues that aren't receiving enough attention, such as modern pig farming, the National Food Uniformity Bill (a frightening fascist bill that would wipe out local food laws in favor of often weaker federal standards, allegedly to make life easier for "everyone"), and of course

...there's the 2007 Farm Bill, which 'may be the single most important piece of legislation impacting our lives,' since 'it subsidizes the wrong kind of food,' such as corn, which is used to produce high-fructose corn syrup, a common sweetener, and milk loaded with hormones and antibiotics.

It's sickening to think that our own government would subsidize the foods that are harming us so fundamentally, but does not subsidize to any major degree the wholesome foods and will make us healthy and save taxpayers countless dollars on those items, as well as healthcare bills associated with eating all the wrong foods.

Tags: health | nutrition | food justice