Today’s Op-Ed Change We Can Stomach goes through some arguments to encourage small farming. It reads a bit like a plea for those with money to continue spending it on high quality food, in an anything-that-gets-us-there kind of way. I wish he’d gone one step further and put us food growing gardeners into the story too.
Heirloom Gardening, Food and Other Thoughts
Another good source is the Ted Talk by Michael Polan, “The Omnivore’s Next Delima”. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/214
Mostly, it discusses what we don’t know about food.
For the NYT article, my critical thinking skills tend to raise lots off odd red lights. The current systems are complicated beyond belief: roles of seed and genetic engineering groups, massive subsidies, rise of hydroponics, etc., etc.