Listen to a witty history of (destructive) diets in the USA and get a new perspective on food at schools from two food writers/chefs: Mark Bittman and Ann Cooper.

Hearing from chefs and food writers forces us to move beyond the sometimes desperate pleas for orgalocaethic food.These folks are (trying) speaking to people outside the lefty discourse. Good on them. Have fun!

Enjoy Mark Bittman - What's wrong with what we eat?

http://www.ted.com: In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.

Read more about Mark Bittman

And learn more about food, school lunches, social food issues with Ann Cooper: Need to make changes in our food system or else "we will become extinct...because...we are feeding our children to death"

Ann Cooper blogs, and is leading a campaign for school lunches.

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