Obama and Pollan

President-elect reflects on noted author’s “open letter.”

November 9, 2008

Everyone knows that one month before Election Day, the NY Times published an 8,000-word treatise by acclaimed author Michael Pollan entitled “Farmer-in-Chief.” Pollan laid out the current state of agriculture, warts and all. The Obama camp asked for a “one- to two-page summary” of the article, which Pollan balked at, saying if he could have said everything in two pages, he would have. Turns out it didn’t matter; Obama apparently read the letter anyway, quoting it in a Time interview, and going as far as acknowledging that “our agriculture sector actually is contributing more greenhouse gases than our transportation sector.” How about Pollan for Secretary of Agriculture?

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Obama and Pollan

President-elect reflects on noted author’s “open letter.”

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